strdiff.3pub

Langue: en

Version: C Programmer's Manual (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

Sommaire

NAME

strdiff - locate first difference between two strings

SYNOPSIS

 #include <publib.h>
 size_t strdiff(const char *str1, const char *str2);
 

DESCRIPTION

strdiff finds the first character from the beginning that is different in the two strings str1 and str2. The terminating zero characters are considered different.

RETURN VALUE

strdiff returns a the offset of the first pair of differring characters (or the offset of the first zero character it finds).

SEE ALSO

publib(3), string(3), strcmp(3)

AUTHOR

Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)