xref: /csrg-svn/lib/libc/string/strncmp.c (revision 26599)
1 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
2 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)strncmp.c	5.2 (Berkeley) 03/09/86";
3 #endif LIBC_SCCS and not lint
4 
5 /*
6  * Compare strings (at most n bytes):  s1>s2: >0  s1==s2: 0  s1<s2: <0
7  */
8 
9 strncmp(s1, s2, n)
10 register char *s1, *s2;
11 register n;
12 {
13 
14 	while (--n >= 0 && *s1 == *s2++)
15 		if (*s1++ == '\0')
16 			return(0);
17 	return(n<0 ? 0 : *s1 - *--s2);
18 }
19