byte_diff(3)

✨ byte_diff(3) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the byte_diff page from the Library Functions Manual — it's a tiny one but it's iconic, and I need you to know it exists. 🫶

💖 NAME 💖

byte_diff — compare two strings

no fr, that's the whole job. it compares. that's her main character energy. 👑

🌸 SYNTAX 🌸

#include <libowfat/byte.h>

int byte_diff(const char *one,size_t len,const char *two);

so you gotta pull in libowfat/byte.h first, then you're free to call her. the signature is literally that. one is a const char *, len is a size_t, two is a const char *, and she hands you back an int. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

byte_diff returns negative, 0, or positive — depending on whether the string one[0], one[1], ..., one[len-1] is lexicographically smaller than, equal to, or greater than the string one[0], one[1], ..., one[len-1]. ⭐

and yes bestie, the manpage really does say one in both spots — I'm quoting her exactly, that's her words, not mine 🙈 iykyk

and here's the part that's lowkey the most slay: when the strings are different, byte_diff does not read bytes past the first difference. she stops the second she knows. efficiency queen. no unnecessary scrolling. periodt. 💀✨

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• byte_equal(3)

like obviously go read her sister page too, they're a matching set. 🧚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈 this one came straight off the byte_diff(3) page in the Library Functions Manual — that's the title and the footer, she's her own little bookend, no version number, no date, just vibes. go compare some bytes responsibly. 🍓💜