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.TH LIBSIMPLE_MEMEQ 3 libsimple
.SH NAME
libsimple_memeq \- check two memory segments for equality

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

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

#ifndef memeq
# define memeq libsimple_memeq
#endif
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR \-lsimple .

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libsimple_memeq ()
function checks whether the first
.I n
bytes of
.I a
and
.I b
are equal.
.PP
The comparison is case-sensitive.

.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR libsimple_memeq ()
function returns 1 one if
.I a
and
.I b
are equal, otherwise it returns 0.

.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libsimple_memeq ()
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_memeq ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_memeq ()
T}	Async-signal safety	AS-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_memeq ()
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_memeqlen (3),
.BR libsimple_strneq (3),
.BR libsimple_streq (3),
.BR memcmp (3)