mtext_ncmp(3m17n)

💖 NAME 💖

mtext_ncmp — like, the name says it all bestie, no cap

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int mtext_ncmp (MText * mt1, MText * mt2, int n)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so picture this: you've got two M-texts and you wanna compare their initial parts, character-by-character, like you're lining up two besties side by side and checking who's taller. That's literally what mtext_ncmp() does. 🫶

It's basically mtext_cmp()'s sister — same energy, same vibe — except she stops early. Instead of comparing the whole thing, she compares at most n characters from the beginning. Periodt. That's the whole deal. 💅

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

She hands you back one of three little numbers, and they mean exactly this:

• 1 — mt1 is greater than mt2
• 0 — mt1 is equal to mt2
• -1 — mt1 is less than mt2

So it's 1, 0, or -1 depending on whether mt1 is found greater than, equal to, or less than mt2. Simple. Iconic. No notes. 🌟

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The whole friend group, go say hi:

• mtext_cmp()
• mtext_casecmp()
• mtext_ncasecmp()
• mtext_compare()
• mtext_case_compare()

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)

Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.

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and that's the whole page, bestie — this was m17n Library, mtext_ncmp(3m17n), Version 1.8.4, dated Mon Sep 25 2023. stan a tiny n that saves you a whole comparison. mwah 💋✨