strcoll(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | NOTES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

STRCOLL(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               STRCOLL(3)

NAME top

       strcoll - compare two strings using the current locale

SYNOPSIS top

       #include <string.h>

       int strcoll(const char *s1, const char *s2);

DESCRIPTION top

       The strcoll() function compares the two strings s1 and s2.  It
       returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if s1 is
       found, respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than
       s2.  The comparison is based on strings interpreted as appropriate
       for the program's current locale for category LC_COLLATE.  (See
       setlocale(3).)

RETURN VALUE top

       The strcoll() function returns an integer less than, equal to, or
       greater than zero if s1 is found, respectively, to be less than, to
       match, or be greater than s2, when both are interpreted as
       appropriate for the current locale.

ATTRIBUTES top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
       │Interface Attribute     Value          │
       ├──────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
       │strcoll() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘

CONFORMING TO top

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

NOTES top

       In the POSIX or C locales strcoll() is equivalent to strcmp(3).

SEE ALSO top

       bcmp(3), memcmp(3), setlocale(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3),
       string(3), strxfrm(3)

COLOPHON top

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GNU                              2017-09-15                       STRCOLL(3)

Pages that refer to this page: bash(1) , alphasort(3) , bcmp(3) , localeconv(3) , memcmp(3) , scandir(3) , scandirat(3) , setlocale(3) , strcasecmp(3) , strcmp(3) , string(3) , strncasecmp(3) , strncmp(3) , strverscmp(3) , strxfrm(3) , versionsort(3) , locale(7)