NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strcoll - compare strings according to current collation

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     int
     strcoll(const char *s1, const char *s2);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcoll() function lexicographically compares the null-terminated
     strings s1 and s2 according to the current locale collation and returns
     an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, according as s1 is
     greater than, equal to, or less than s2.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     bcmp(3), memcmp(3), setlocale(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strxfrm(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcoll() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD