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1995-05-18
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#include <string.h>
/*
* strncmp - compare at most n characters of string s1 to s2
*/
int /* <0 for <, 0 for ==, >0 for > */
strncmp(s1, s2, n)
Const char *s1;
Const char *s2;
size_t n;
{
register Const char *scan1;
register Const char *scan2;
register size_t count;
scan1 = s1;
scan2 = s2;
count = n;
while (--count >= 0 && *scan1 != '\0' && *scan1 == *scan2) {
scan1++;
scan2++;
}
if (count < 0)
return(0);
/*
* The following case analysis is necessary so that characters
* which look negative collate low against normal characters but
* high against the end-of-string NUL.
*/
if (*scan1 == '\0' && *scan2 == '\0')
return(0);
else if (*scan1 == '\0')
return(-1);
else if (*scan2 == '\0')
return(1);
else
return(*scan1 - *scan2);
}