strnicmp

Syntax

#include <string.h> int strnicmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t max);

Description

This function compares s1 and s2, ignoring case, up to a maximum of max characters.

Return Value

Zero if the strings are equal, a positive number if s1 comes after s2 in the ASCII collating sequense, else a negative number.

Portability

ANSI/ISO C	No
POSIX	No

Example

if (strnicmp(foo, "-i", 2) == 0) do_include();