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wcscmp—compare two wide-character stringsSynopsis
#include <wchar.h> int wcscmp(const wchar_t *s1, *s2);
Description
The wcscmp function compares the wide-character string pointed to
by s1 to the wide-character string pointed to by s2.
The sign of a non-zero return value is determined by the sign of the difference between the values of the first pair of wide-character codes that differ in the objects being compared.
Returns
Upon completion, wcscmp returns an integer greater than, equal to
or less than 0, if the wide-character string pointed to by s1 is
greater than, equal to or less than the wide-character string pointed
to by s2 respectively.
Portability
wcscmp is ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (ISO C).
No supporting OS subroutines are required.