WCSCMP(3P)

🎀 WCSCMP(3P) — it's the POSIX Programmer's Manual bestie 💖

okay so first things first, this page lives in the POSIX Programmer's Manual (yes, that's the manual name, we're keeping it) and it's literally page WCSCMP(3P). Buckle up.

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🌸 PROLOG 🌸

okay so real talk before we even start: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior), or honestly the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈 not me warning you about portability on line one.

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✨ NAME ✨

wcscmp — compare two wide-character strings 🦋

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💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

#include <wchar.h>

int wcscmp(const wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2);

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so the functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional — like, no drama intended fr. This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard. periodt.

The wcscmp() function shall compare the wide-character string pointed to by ws1 to the wide-character string pointed to by ws2. 💫

And the sign of a non-zero return value shall be determined by the sign of the difference between the values of the first pair of wide-character codes that differ in the objects being compared. iykyk — it's giving "first mismatch wins" energy.

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Upon completion, wcscmp() shall return an integer that is:

• greater than 0 — if the wide-character string pointed to by ws1 is greater than the wide-character string pointed to by ws2
• equal to 0 — if they're equal 🫶
• less than 0 — if ws1 is less than ws2

respectively, bestie. that's the whole vibe check.

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💀 ERRORS 💀

No errors are defined. like, none. not a single one. iconic behavior honestly.

The following sections are informative. (translation: the rest is bonus content, not rules 👑)

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

None.

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🧚 APPLICATION USAGE 🧚

None.

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💜 RATIONALE 💜

None.

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🔥 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 🔥

None.

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• wcscasecmp()
• wcsncmp()
• The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <wchar.h>

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.

In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . 🫶

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and that's the whole page babes — brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, 2017, signing off on WCSCMP(3P) 💖✨ go forth and compare those wide-character strings, no cap. 🎀