Strings: Comparing 19 Years Ago Dave Sinkula 0 Tallied Votes 1K Views Share How might I write an implementation in C of the standard library function strcmp ? Here's how I might. See also Strings: Comparing, Case-Insensitive. c 0 0 Share #include <stdio.h> int mystrcmp(const char *dst, const char *src) { for ( ; *dst && *src; ++src, ++dst ) { if ( *dst != *src ) { break; } } return *dst - *src; } int main (void) { const char *text[] = { "hello", "world", "hello", "hell"}; size_t i, j; for ( i = 0; i < sizeof text / sizeof *text; ++i ) { for ( j = i + 1; j < sizeof text / sizeof *text; ++j ) { printf("mystrcmp(\"%s\", \"%s\") = %d\n", text[i], text[j], mystrcmp(text[i], text[j])); } } return 0; } /* my output mystrcmp("hello", "world") = -15 mystrcmp("hello", "hello") = 0 mystrcmp("hello", "hell") = 111 mystrcmp("world", "hello") = 15 mystrcmp("world", "hell") = 15 mystrcmp("hello", "hell") = 111 */ Be the first to reply Be a part of the DaniWeb community We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge. Sign Up — It's Free!