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4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt STRCOLL 3
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm strcoll
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd compare strings according to current collation
4525bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
4625bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4832eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In string.h
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft int
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn strcoll "const char *s1" "const char *s2"
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
5258f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn strcoll
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimeslexicographically compares the null-terminated strings
5658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa s1
5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesand
5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa s2
59c2bfae00SAndrey A. Chernovaccording to the current locale collation if any, otherwise call
60c2bfae00SAndrey A. Chernov.Fa strcmp ,
61c2bfae00SAndrey A. Chernovand returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
62c2bfae00SAndrey A. Chernovaccording as
63c2bfae00SAndrey A. Chernov.Fa s1
64c2bfae00SAndrey A. Chernovis greater than, equal to, or less than
65c2bfae00SAndrey A. Chernov.Fa s2 .
6658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr setlocale 3 ,
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr strcmp 3 ,
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr strxfrm 3
7058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
7158f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
7258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn strcoll
7358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
7458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesconforms to
75588a200cSRuslan Ermilov.St -isoC .
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