memcmp(3p) — Linux manual page

MEMCMP(3P)              POSIX Programmer's Manual             MEMCMP(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
       Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
       or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       memcmp — compare bytes in memory

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <string.h>

       int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned
       with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements
       described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This
       volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The memcmp() function shall compare the first n bytes (each
       interpreted as unsigned char) of the object pointed to by s1 to
       the first n bytes of the object pointed to by s2.

       The sign of a non-zero return value shall be determined by the
       sign of the difference between the values of the first pair of
       bytes (both interpreted as type unsigned char) that differ in the
       objects being compared.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The memcmp() function shall return an integer greater than, equal
       to, or less than 0, if the object pointed to by s1 is greater
       than, equal to, or less than the object pointed to by s2,
       respectively.

ERRORS         top

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, string.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be
       obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page
       are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of
       the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

IEEE/The Open Group               2017                        MEMCMP(3P)

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