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.TH LIBSIMPLE_STRNEQ 3 libsimple
.SH NAME
libsimple_strneq \- compare two strings

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

static inline int libsimple_strneq(const char *\fIa\fP, const char *\fIb\fP, size_t \fIn\fP);

#ifndef strneq
# define strneq libsimple_strneq
#endif
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR \-lsimple .

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libsimple_strneq ()
function compares the strings
.IR a ,
truncated to
.I n
bytes unless it is shorter,
and
.IR b ,
truncated to
.I n
bytes unless it is shorter,
neither of which may be
.BR NULL .
.PP
The comparison is case-sensitive.

.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR libsimple_strneq ()
function returns 1 if the strings are equals,
otherwise it returns 0.

.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libsimple_strneq ()
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_strneq ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_strneq ()
T}	Async-signal safety	AS-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_strneq ()
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_strneqnul (3),
.BR libsimple_strncaseeq (3),
.BR libsimple_strneqlen (3),
.BR libsimple_streq (3),
.BR libsimple_memeq (3),
.BR strncmp (3)