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1 /* strncmp -- compare two strings, stop after n bytes.
2 This function is in the public domain. */
4 /*
6 @deftypefn Supplemental int strncmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n})
8 Compares the first @var{n} bytes of two strings, returning a value as
9 @code{strcmp}.
11 @end deftypefn
15 #include <ansidecl.h>
16 #include <stddef.h>
18 int
19 strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, register size_t n)
21 register unsigned char u1, u2;
23 while (n-- > 0)
25 u1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
26 u2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
27 if (u1 != u2)
28 return u1 - u2;
29 if (u1 == '\0')
30 return 0;
32 return 0;