1MEMCMP(3)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 MEMCMP(3)
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NAME

6       memcmp - compare memory areas
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <string.h>
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11       int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n);
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DESCRIPTION

14       The memcmp() function compares the first n bytes of the memory areas s1
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RETURN VALUE

20       The memcmp() function returns  an  integer  less  than,  equal  to,  or
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22       be less than, to match, or be greater than the first n bytes of s2.
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CONFORMING TO

25       SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
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SEE ALSO

28       bcmp(3),   strcasecmp(3),   strcmp(3),   strcoll(3),    strncasecmp(3),
29       strncmp(3), wmemcmp(3)
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COLOPHON

32       This  page  is  part of release 3.22 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
33       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
34       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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38                                  1993-04-10                         MEMCMP(3)