wcscmp

Compares two null-terminated wide strings lexicographically.

The sign of the result is the sign of the difference between the values of the first pair of wide characters that differ in the strings being compared.

The behavior is undefined if lhs or rhs are not pointers to null-terminated wide strings.

Parameters

Return value

Negative value if lhs appears before rhs in lexicographical order.

Zero if lhs and rhs compare equal.

Positive value if lhs appears after rhs in lexicographical order.

Notes

This function is not locale-sensitive, unlike wcscoll

Example

#include <locale.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>
 
void demo(const wchar_t* lhs, const wchar_t* rhs)
{
    int rc = wcscmp(lhs, rhs);
    const char *rel = rc < 0 ? "precedes" : rc > 0 ? "follows" : "equals";
 
    setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8");
    printf("[%ls] %s [%ls]\n", lhs, rel, rhs);
}
 
int main(void)
{
    const wchar_t* string = L"どうもありがとうございます";
    demo(string, L"どうも");
    demo(string, L"助かった");
    demo(string + 9, L"ありがとうございます" + 6);
}

[どうもありがとうございます] follows [どうも]
[どうもありがとうございます] precedes [助かった]
[ざいます] equals [ざいます]

References

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