strncmp [C++ Reference]
Keywords: c,string,strncmp
Date: 2009-06-09T04:16:16-0700

## strncmp

Syntax:

        #include <cstring>
        int strncmp( const char *str1, const char *str2, size_t count );

The strncmp() function compares at most count characters of str1 and str2. The return value is as follows:

Return value | Explanation
--- | ---
less than 0 | `str1` is less than `str2`
equal to 0 | `str1` is equal to `str2`
greater than 0 | `str1` is greater than `str2`

If there are less than count characters in either string, then the comparison will stop after the first null termination is encountered.

Related Topics: strchr, strcmp, strcpy, strlen, strncat, strncpy