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1 .TH MEMCMP 3
2 .SH NAME
3 memcmp - compare bytes in memory
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 #include <string.h>
6
7 int memcmp (const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n)
8 .SH DESCRIPTION
9 The
10 .BR memcmp ()
11 function compares the first
12 .I n
13 bytes of the object pointed to by
14 .I s1
15 to the first
16 .I n
17 bytes of the object pointed to by
18 .IR s2 .
19 The value returned shall be used to determine
20 if an object is lexicographically greater than,
21 lesser than or equal to another object.
22 .SH RETURN VALUE
23 The
24 .BR memcmp ()
25 function shall return an integer greater than,
26 equal to, or lesser than 0,
27 if the object pointed to by
28 .I s1
29 is greater than,
30 equal to, or lesser than the object pointed to by
31 .IR s2 ,
32 respectively.
33 .SH STANDARDS
34 ISO/IEC 9899:1999 Section 7.21.4.1