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35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd June 4, 1993
36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt STRCOLL 3
37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm strcoll
40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd compare strings according to current collation
41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc
43*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
44*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.In string.h
45*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft int
46*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn strcoll "const char *s1" "const char *s2"
47*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
48*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
49*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn strcoll
50*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction
51*2fe8fb19SBen Graslexicographically compares the nul-terminated strings
52*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa s1
53*2fe8fb19SBen Grasand
54*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa s2
55*2fe8fb19SBen Grasaccording to the current locale collation
56*2fe8fb19SBen Grasand returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
57*2fe8fb19SBen Grasaccording to whether
58*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa s1
59*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis greater than, equal to, or less than
60*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa s2 .
61*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
62*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr bcmp 3 ,
63*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr memcmp 3 ,
64*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr setlocale 3 ,
65*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr strcasecmp 3 ,
66*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr strcmp 3 ,
67*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr strxfrm 3
68*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh STANDARDS
69*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
70*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn strcoll
71*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction
72*2fe8fb19SBen Grasconforms to
73*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -ansiC .
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