lib/strcasecmp.c

   1 /* Case-insensitive string comparison function.
   2    Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2005-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3
   4    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   5    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   6    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   7    any later version.
   8
   9    This program 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
  12    GNU General Public License for more details.
  13
  14    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  15    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  16    Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
  17
  18 #include <config.h>
  19
  20 /* Specification.  */
  21 #include <string.h>
  22
  23 #include <ctype.h>
  24 #include <limits.h>
  25
  26 #define TOLOWER(Ch) (isupper (Ch) ? tolower (Ch) : (Ch))
  27
  28 /* Compare strings S1 and S2, ignoring case, returning less than, equal to or
  29    greater than zero if S1 is lexicographically less than, equal to or greater
  30    than S2.
  31    Note: This function does not work with multibyte strings!  */
  32
  33 int
  34 strcasecmp (const char *s1, const char *s2)
  35 {
  36   const unsigned char *p1 = (const unsigned char *) s1;
  37   const unsigned char *p2 = (const unsigned char *) s2;
  38   unsigned char c1, c2;
  39
  40   if (p1 == p2)
  41     return 0;
  42
  43   do
  44     {
  45       c1 = TOLOWER (*p1);
  46       c2 = TOLOWER (*p2);
  47
  48       if (c1 == '\0')
  49         break;
  50
  51       ++p1;
  52       ++p2;
  53     }
  54   while (c1 == c2);
  55
  56   if (UCHAR_MAX <= INT_MAX)
  57     return c1 - c2;
  58   else
  59     /* On machines where 'char' and 'int' are types of the same size, the
  60        difference of two 'unsigned char' values - including the sign bit -
  61        doesn't fit in an 'int'.  */
  62     return (c1 > c2 ? 1 : c1 < c2 ? -1 : 0);
  63 }