/*** *wcsncmp.c - compare first n characters of two wide character strings * * Copyright (c) 1985-1988, Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. * *Purpose: * defines wcsncmp() - compare first n characters of two wide character * strings for lexical order. * *Revision History: * 04-07-91 IanJa C version created. * *******************************************************************************/ #include /*** *int wcsncmp(first, last, count) - compare first count wide characters of wide * character strings * *Purpose: * Compares two wide character strings for lexical order. The comparison * stops after: (1) a difference between the strings is found, (2) the end * of the strings is reached, or (3) count characters have been * compared. * *Entry: * char *first, *last - wide character strings to compare * unsigned count - maximum number of wide characters to compare * *Exit: * returns <0 if first < last * returns 0 if first == last * returns >0 if first > last * *Exceptions: * *******************************************************************************/ int __cdecl wcsncmp(const wchar_t * first, const wchar_t * last, size_t count) { if (!count) return 0; while (--count && *first && *first == *last) { first++; last++; } return *first - *last; }