History of memicmp

UNIX-specific C function - not part of ANSI C

== Syntax ==

int memicmp(void *mem1, void *mem2, int n)

== Arguments ==

:mem1

::The first memory block to compare

:mem2

::The second memory block, to be compared with mem1

:n

::The size (in bytes) of the memory blocks to compare

== Return ==

Returns 0 if the two memory blocks are identical. Otherwise, it returns a negative or positive integer depending on whether the value of the data in mem1 is found to be "less than" or "greater than" the value of the data in mem2.

== Description ==

memicmp performs a byte-wise and case insensitive comparison of two memory blocks, to determine if they contain the same string data.

== Comment ==

On Microsoft systems, this function is usually called via _memicmp instead (note the leading underscore).

== See Also ==

memcmp, strcmp, stricmp, strncmp