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28.Dd July 21, 2005
29.Dt RPMATCH 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm rpmatch
33.Nd "determine whether the response to a question is affirmative or negative"
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In stdlib.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn rpmatch "const char *response"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn rpmatch
43function determines whether the
44.Fa response
45argument is an affirmative or negative response to a question
46according to the current locale.
47.Sh RETURN VALUES
48The
49.Fn rpmatch
50functions returns:
51.Bl -tag -width indent
52.It 1
53The response is affirmative.
54.It 0
55The response is negative.
56.It \&-1
57The response is not recognized.
58.El
59.Sh SEE ALSO
60.Xr nl_langinfo 3 ,
61.Xr setlocale 3
62.Sh HISTORY
63The
64.Fn rpmatch
65function appeared in
66.Fx 6.0 .
67