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.TH LIBSIMPLE_MEMCASECMP 3 libsimple
.SH NAME
libsimple_memcasecmp \- compare two memory segments

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libsimple.h>

inline int libsimple_memcasecmp(const void *\fIa\fP, const void *\fIb\fP, size_t \fIn\fP);

#ifndef memcasecmp
# define memcasecmp libsimple_memcasecmp
#endif
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR \-lsimple .

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libsimple_memcasecmp ()
function compares the first
.I n
bytes of
.I a
and
.IR b .
.PP
The comparison is case-insensitive and made as
if the strings were converted to lowercase and as
.BR "unsigned char *" s.

.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR libsimple_memcasecmp ()
function returns a negative value if
.I a
is less than
.IR b ,
a positive value if
.I a
is greater than
.IR b ,
and 0 otherwise.

.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libsimple_memcasecmp ()
function cannot fail.

.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR libsimple_memcasecmp ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_memcasecmp ()
T}	Async-signal safety	AS-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_memcasecmp ()
T}	Async-cancel safety	AC-Safe
.TE

.SH EXAMPLES
None.

.SH APPLICATION USAGE
None.

.SH RATIONALE
None.

.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

.SH NOTES
None.

.SH HISTORY
libsimple 1.1

.SH BUGS
None.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libsimple_memcaseeq (3),
.BR libsimple_memcaseeqlen (3),
.BR memcmp (3)