Syntax

#include <string.h>
int stricmp(const char *string1, const char *string2);

stricmp compares string1 and string2 without sensitivity for case. All alphabetic characters in the arguments string1 and string2 are converted to lowercase before the comparison using locale information. stricmp operates on null-terminated strings.

stricmp returns a value that indicates the following relationship between the two strings : compact break=fit.

Value

Meaning
Less than 0
string1 less than string2
0
string1 identical to string2
Greater than 0
string1 greater than string2.

This example uses stricmp to compare two strings.

#include <stdio.h>#include <string.h>

int main(void)
{
   char *str1 = "this is a string";
   char *str2 = "THIS IS A STRING";

   /* Compare two strings without regard to case                              */

   if (stricmp(str1, str2))
      printf("str1 is not the same as str2\n");
   else
      printf("str1 is the same as str2\n");
   return 0;

   /****************************************************************************
      The output should be:

      str1 is the same as str2
   ****************************************************************************/
}

• strcmp
  
• strcmpi
  
• strcspn
  
• strncmp
  
• strnicmp
  
• wcscmp
  
• wcsncmp

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