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Using strcmp and strncmp
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#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
#include <iomanip>
using std::setw;
#include <cstring>
using std::strcmp;
using std::strncmp;
int main()
{
char *s1 = "abc";
char *s2 = "abC";
char *s3 = "Abc";
cout << "s1 = " << s1 << "\ns2 = " << s2 << "\ns3 = " << s3
<< "\n\nstrcmp(s1, s2) = " << strcmp( s1, s2 )
<< "\nstrcmp(s1, s3) = " << strcmp( s1, s3 )
<< "\nstrcmp(s3, s1) = " << strcmp( s3, s1 );
cout << "\n\nstrncmp(s1, s3, 6) = "
<< strncmp( s1, s3, 2 ) << "\nstrncmp(s1, s3, 7) = "
<< strncmp( s1, s3, 2 ) << "\nstrncmp(s3, s1, 7) = "
<< strncmp( s3, s1, 5 ) << endl;
return 0;
}
s1 = abc
s2 = abC
s3 = Abc
strcmp(s1, s2) = 1
strcmp(s1, s3) = 1
strcmp(s3, s1) = -1
strncmp(s1, s3, 6) = 1
strncmp(s1, s3, 7) = 1
strncmp(s3, s1, 7) = -1
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