strcoll(), strcoll_l() -- compare two strings using LC

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

int strcoll(const char *s1, const char *s2);

#include <string.h>

#include <locale.h>

int strcoll_l(const char *s1, const char *s2, locale_t locale);

DESCRIPTION

The strcoll() function compares the string pointed to by s1 to the string pointed to by s2. Both s1 and s2 are interpreted as appropriate for the LC_COLLATE category of the current locale.

strcoll_l() behaves in the same way as strcoll() without the _l suffix, but uses the specified locale rather than the global or per-thread locale. A locale_t is returned by newlocale().

PARAMETERS

s1: Is the null-terminated string to compare.
s2: Is the null-terminated string to compare.
locale: Is a locale_t perhaps returned by newlocale() or LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or 0 for the current thread locale set with uselocale().

The function strcoll() and strcoll_l() return a positive integer if string s1 is lexically greater than string s2; zero if the two strings are identical; and a negative integer if string s1 is lexically less than string s2, as defined by the process, thread or specified locale.

CONFORMANCE

strcoll() conforms to ANSI/ISO 9899:1990 'ISO C90'

strcoll_l() conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 'POSIX.1'

MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL

MT-Safe, with exceptions.

The function strcoll() is MT-Safe as long as no thread calls setlocale() while this function is executing.

The function strcoll_l() is MT-Safe as long as no thread calls freelocale() on locale while this function is executing.

PORTING ISSUES

None.

AVAILABILITY

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strcoll(), strcoll_l()
compare two strings using LC_COLLATE

Function