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51.Dd $Mdocdate: March 27 2018 $
52.Dt BN_CMP 3
53.Os
54.Sh NAME
55.Nm BN_cmp ,
56.Nm BN_ucmp ,
57.Nm BN_is_zero ,
58.Nm BN_is_one ,
59.Nm BN_is_word ,
60.Nm BN_is_odd
61.Nd BIGNUM comparison and test functions
62.Sh SYNOPSIS
63.In openssl/bn.h
64.Ft int
65.Fo BN_cmp
66.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
67.Fa "BIGNUM *b"
68.Fc
69.Ft int
70.Fo BN_ucmp
71.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
72.Fa "BIGNUM *b"
73.Fc
74.Ft int
75.Fo BN_is_zero
76.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
77.Fc
78.Ft int
79.Fo BN_is_one
80.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
81.Fc
82.Ft int
83.Fo BN_is_word
84.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
85.Fa "BN_ULONG w"
86.Fc
87.Ft int
88.Fo BN_is_odd
89.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
90.Fc
91.Sh DESCRIPTION
92.Fn BN_cmp
93compares the numbers
94.Fa a
95and
96.Fa b .
97.Fn BN_ucmp
98compares their absolute values.
99.Pp
100.Fn BN_is_zero ,
101.Fn BN_is_one
102and
103.Fn BN_is_word
104test if
105.Fa a
106equals 0, 1, or
107.Fa w
108respectively.
109.Fn BN_is_odd
110tests if a is odd.
111.Pp
112.Fn BN_is_zero ,
113.Fn BN_is_one ,
114.Fn BN_is_word ,
115and
116.Fn BN_is_odd
117are macros.
118.Sh RETURN VALUES
119.Fn BN_cmp
120returns -1 if
121.Fa a Ns < Ns Fa b ,
1220 if
123.Fa a Ns == Ns Fa b ,
124and 1 if
125.Fa a Ns > Ns Fa b .
126.Fn BN_ucmp
127is the same using the absolute values of
128.Fa a
129and
130.Fa b .
131.Pp
132.Fn BN_is_zero ,
133.Fn BN_is_one ,
134.Fn BN_is_word ,
135and
136.Fn BN_is_odd
137return 1 if the condition is true, 0 otherwise.
138.Sh SEE ALSO
139.Xr BN_new 3
140.Sh HISTORY
141.Fn BN_cmp ,
142.Fn BN_ucmp ,
143.Fn BN_is_zero ,
144.Fn BN_is_one ,
145and
146.Fn BN_is_word
147first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.1.
148.Fn BN_is_odd
149first appeared in SSLeay 0.8.0.
150All these functions have been available since
151.Ox 2.4 .
152