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WCSCOLL 3C "Jun 25, 2014"
NAME
wcscoll, wcscoll_l wscoll - wide character string comparison using collating information
SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

int wcscoll(const wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2);

int wcscoll_l(const wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2, locale_t loc);

int wscoll(const wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2);
DESCRIPTION

The wcscoll(), wcscoll_l(), and wscoll() functions compare the wide character string pointed to by ws1 to the wide character string pointed to by ws2, both interpreted as appropriate to the LC_COLLATE locale category.

These functions do not change the setting of errno if successful.

An application wanting to check for error situations should set errno to 0 before calling these functions. If errno is non-zero on return, an error has occurred.

The function wcsoll_l() behaves identically to wcsoll(), except instead of operating in the current locale, it operates in the locale specified by loc.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, these functions return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, depending upon whether the wide character string pointed to by ws1 is greater than, equal to, or less than the wide character string pointed to by ws2, when both are interpreted as appropriate to the the current locale, or the locale specified by loc. On error, they set errno, but no return value is reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS

The wcscoll(), wcscoll_l() and wscoll() functions may fail if: EINVAL

The ws1 or ws2 arguments contain wide character codes outside the domain of the collating sequence.

USAGE

The wcsxfrm(3C) and wcscmp(3C) functions should be used for sorting large lists, or when performing many comparisions on the same strings.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
CSI Enabled
Interface Stability See below.
MT-Level MT-Safe

The wcscoll() and wcscoll_l() functions are Standard. The wscoll() function is Committed.

SEE ALSO

newlocale(3C), setlocale(3C), uselocale(3C), wcscmp(3C), wcsxfrm(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)