strncmp

Description

Compare two strings held in RAM (upto a maximum length)

Definition

char strncmp(char *str1, char *str2, int cnt)

Library

LIB/str_lib.bas

Usage

On entry:

str1 is a pointer to a RAM buffer holding the first string to be compared
str2 is a pointer to a RAM buffer holding the second string to be compared
cnt is the maximum number of characters to compare

On exit:

The return value is

 < 0 if str1 < str2
 == 0 if str1 == str2
 > 0 if str1 > str2