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1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
16 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 #include <string.h>
20 #include <memcopy.h>
22 /* Compare no more than N characters of S1 and S2,
23 returning less than, equal to or greater than zero
24 if S1 is lexicographically less than, equal to or
25 greater than S2. */
26 int
27 strncmp (s1, s2, n)
28 const char *s1;
29 const char *s2;
30 size_t n;
32 unsigned reg_char c1 = '\0';
33 unsigned reg_char c2 = '\0';
35 if (n >= 4)
37 size_t n4 = n >> 2;
40 c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
41 c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
42 if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
43 return c1 - c2;
44 c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
45 c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
46 if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
47 return c1 - c2;
48 c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
49 c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
50 if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
51 return c1 - c2;
52 c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
53 c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
54 if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
55 return c1 - c2;
56 } while (--n4 > 0);
57 n &= 3;
60 while (n > 0)
62 c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
63 c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
64 if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
65 return c1 - c2;
66 n--;
69 return c1 - c2;