The standard C library provides several functions to compare two strings to see whether they are the same. One of these functions, strcmp(), is used here to show how this task is accomplished:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
void main(void);
void main(void){
char* str_1 = "abc";
char* str_2 = "abc";
char* str_3 = "ABC";
if (strcmp(str_1, str_2) == 0) printf("str_1 is equal to str_2.n"); else printf("str_1 is not equal to str_2.n");
if (strcmp(str_1, str_3) == 0) printf("str_1 is equal to str_3.n"); else printf("str_1 is not equal to str_3.n");}
This program produces the following output:str_1 is equal to str_2.str_1 is not equal to str_3.Notice that the strcmp() function is passed two arguments that correspond to the two strings you want to compare. It performs a case-sensitive lexicographic comparison of the two strings and returns one of the following values:Return Value Meaning<0 - The first string is less than the second string.0 - The two strings are equal.>0 - The first string is greater than the second string.In the preceding example code, strcmp() returns 0 when comparing str_1 (which is "abc") and str_2 (which is "abc"). However, when comparing str_1 (which is "abc") with str_3 (which is "ABC"), strcmp() returns a value greater than 0, because the string "ABC" is greater than (in ASCII order) the string "abc".Many variations of the strcmp() function perform the same basic function (comparing two strings), but with slight differences. The following table lists some of the functions available that are similar to strcmp():Function Name Descriptionstrcmp() - Case-sensitive comparison of two stringsstrcmpi() - Case-insensitive comparison of two stringsstricmp() - Same as strcmpi()strncmp() - Case-sensitive comparison of a portion of two stringsstrnicmp() - Case-insensitive comparison of a portion of two stringsLooking at the example provided previously, if you were to replace the call to strcmp() with a call to strcmpi() (a case-insensitive version of strcmp()), the two strings "abc" and "ABC" would be reported as being equal. C
Topic: Strings
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