gnucap:user:strcmp [*]

14.STRCMP

Purpose:Compares two string

Status:Implemented

Syntax:

  strcmp string1 string2
  strcmp --help

Comments:

Compare two strings and outputs 0 if the two strings are equal otherwise output is the difference of the first non-matching character in string1 and string2. Strings may be passed with or without ” ”.

Example:

  gnucap> strcmp "hello" hello   evaluates to true(flag=0)
  flag=0
  gnucap> strcmp hello hello     also evaluates to true.
  flag=0      
  gnucap> strcmp --help          prints the usage of the command.
  Usage: strcmp string1 string2
  Output Value:output variable flag is 0 if the two strings are equal otherwise output is the difference of the first non-matching character 
  in string1 and string2.
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