.\"determines the lexical relationship between two strings. .DT strcmp Discworld driver help strcmp Name .SI 5 strcmp() - determines the lexical relationship between two strings. .EI Synopsis .SI 5 int strcmp(string one, string two); .EI Description .SP 5 5 This implementatin of strcmp() is identical to the one found in C libraries. If string one lexically precedes string two, then strcmp() returns a number less than 0. If the two strings have the same value, strcmp() returns 0. If string two lexically precedes string one, then strcmp() returns a number greater than 0. This efunction is particularly useful in the compare functions needed by sort_array(3). .EP See also .SI 5 sort_array(3) .EI