Manpages - curl_strequal.3
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NAME
curl_strequal, curl_strnequal - case insensitive string comparisons
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
int curl_strequal(char **/str1/, char */str2/);*
int curl_strnequal(char **/str1/, char */str2/, size_t len);*
DESCRIPTION
The curl_strequal() function compares the two strings str1 and str2, ignoring the case of the characters. It returns a non-zero (TRUE) integer if the strings are identical.
The curl_strnequal() function is similar, except it only compares the first len characters of str1.
These functions are provided by libcurl to enable applications to compare strings in a truly portable manner. There are no standard portable case insensitive string comparison functions. These two work on all platforms.
EXAMPLE
if(curl_strequal(name, input)) printf("Name and input matches\n"); if(curl_strnequal(name, input, 5)) printf("Name and input matches in the 5 first bytes\n");
AVAILABILITY
These functions will be removed from the public libcurl API in a near future. They will instead be made “available” by source code access only, and then as curlx_strequal() and curlx_strenqual().
RETURN VALUE
Non-zero if the strings are identical. Zero if they are not.
SEE ALSO
*strcmp*(3), *strcasecmp*(3)