STRCOLL(3)

🌸 NAME

okay so bestie, this is STRCOLL(3) from the Library Functions Manual — the page that literally says compare strings according to current collation. It's giving “sort it the way the locale says,” and no cap, that's the whole assignment. Slay. 💅

📚 LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc). Yes, that libc. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

int
strcoll(const char *s1, const char *s2);

int
strcoll_l(const char *s1, const char *s2, locale_t loc);

💜 DESCRIPTION

The strcoll() function lexicographically compares the null-terminated strings s1 and s2 according to the current locale collation, then returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0 — depending on whether s1 is greater than, equal to, or less than s2. It's a three-way vibe check: bigger, same, smaller. 🔥

If information about the current locale collation is not available, the value of strcmp(s1, s2) is returned. Lowkey the fallback is just plain strcmp energy — no collation info, no fancy sorting. 🫶

And strcoll_l()? Same energy, but it uses an explicit locale argument rather than the system locale. The loc is literally right there in the signature, iykyk. 👑

🔍 SEE ALSO

• setlocale(3)
• strcmp(3)
• strxfrm(3)
• wcscoll(3)

👑 STANDARDS

• The strcoll() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (“ISO C90”). ⭐
• The strcoll_l() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”). 🌈

Both ate, periodt. 💅

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okay that's the whole page, bestie — it comes from Debian, dated June 4, 1993, and STRCOLL(3) is signing off. 💖✨