Manual page for strcoll(3C)
strcoll - string collation
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
int strcoll(const char *s1,
const char *s2);
MT-LEVEL
Safe with exceptions
DESCRIPTION
strcoll()
returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than
zero in direct correlation to whether string s1 is greater
than, equal to, or less than the string s2. The comparison is
based on strings interpreted as appropriate to the program's locale
for category
LC_COLLATE
(see
setlocale.3c
Both
strcoll()
and
strxfrm()
provide for locale-specific
string sorting.
strcoll()
is intended for applications in which
the number of comparisons per string is small. When strings are to
be compared a number of times,
strxfrm()
is a more appropriate
function because the transformation process occurs only once.
FILES
- /usr/lib/locale/LC_COLLATE
-
LC_COLLATE database for locale
SEE ALSO
colltbl.1m
setlocale.3c
string.3c
strxfrm.3c
wsxfrm.3i
environ.5
NOTES
strcoll
can be used safely in a multi-thread application, as long as
setlocale.3c
is not being called to change the locale.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97
