STRCASECMP(3) BSD Programmer's Manual STRCASECMP(3) NNAAMMEE ssttrrccaasseeccmmpp - compare strings, ignoring case SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS ##iinncclluuddee <> _i_n_t ssttrrccaasseeccmmpp(_c_o_n_s_t _c_h_a_r _*_s_1, _c_o_n_s_t _c_h_a_r _*_s_2); _i_n_t ssttrrnnccaasseeccmmpp(_c_o_n_s_t _c_h_a_r _*_s_1, _c_o_n_s_t _c_h_a_r _*_s_2, _s_i_z_e___t _l_e_n); DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN The ssttrrccaasseeccmmpp() and ssttrrnnccaasseeccmmpp() functions compare the null-terminated strings _s_1 and _s_2 and return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, according as _s_1 is lexicographically greater than, equal to, or less than _s_2 after translation of each corresponding character to lower- case. The strings themselves are not modified. The comparison is done using unsigned characters, so that `\200' is greater than `\0'. The ssttrrnnccaasseeccmmpp() compares at most _l_e_n characters. SSEEEE AALLSSOO bcmp(3), memcmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), strxfrm(3) HHIISSTTOORRYY The ssttrrccaasseeccmmpp() and ssttrrnnccaasseeccmmpp() functions first appeared in 4.4BSD. 4.4BSD June 9, 1993 1