strcoll.man (815B)
1 .TH strcoll 3 scc\-VERSION 2 .SH NAME 3 strcoll - compare two strings according to the current locale 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 #include <string.h> 6 7 int strcoll (const char *s1, const char *s2) 8 .SH DESCRIPTION 9 The 10 .BR strcoll () 11 function performs a locale-aware comparison of the string at 12 .I s1 13 with the string at 14 .IR s2 . 15 Both strings are interpreted according to the LC_COLLATE category 16 of the current locale. 17 .PP 18 The result indicates whether 19 .I s1 20 is lexicographically greater than, equal to, or less than 21 .I s2 22 under the ordering rules of the active locale. 23 .SH RETURN VALUE 24 A positive integer is returned if 25 .I s1 26 is greater than 27 .IR s2 , 28 zero if the two strings are equal, 29 and a negative integer if 30 .I s1 31 is less than 32 .IR s2 , 33 according to the current locale collation order. 34 .SH STANDARDS 35 ISO/IEC 9899:1999 Section 7.21.4.3