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

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

static 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 BUGS
None.

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