/*** *wcsncmp.c - compare first n characters of two wide-character strings * * Copyright (c) 1985-1992, Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. * *Purpose: * defines wcsncmp() - compare first n characters of two wchar_t strings * for lexical order. * *Revision History: * 09-09-91 ETC Created from strncmp.c. * 04-07-92 KRS Updated and ripped out _INTL switches. * *******************************************************************************/ #include #include /*** *int wcsncmp(first, last, count) - compare first count chars of wchar_t strings * *Purpose: * Compares two strings for lexical order. The comparison stops * after: (1) a difference between the strings is found, (2) the end * of the strings is reached, or (3) count characters have been * compared (wide-character strings). * *Entry: * wchar_t *first, *last - strings to compare * size_t count - maximum number of characters to compare * *Exit: * returns <0 if first < last * returns 0 if first == last * returns >0 if first > last * *Exceptions: * *******************************************************************************/ int _CALLTYPE1 wcsncmp ( const wchar_t * first, const wchar_t * last, size_t count ) { if (!count) return(0); while (--count && *first && *first == *last) { first++; last++; } return((int)(*first - *last)); }