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+/**
+ * slibc — Yet another C library
+ * Copyright © 2015  Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Compare two strings alphabetically in a case insensitive manner.
+ * Be aware, only ASCII characters are case insensitive, non-ASCII
+ * characters are case sensitive.
+ * 
+ * @param   a       A negative value is returned if this is the lesser.
+ * @param   b       A positive value is returned if this is the lesser.
+ * @param   length  The maximum number of characters to compare.
+ * @return          Zero is returned if `a` and `b` are equal, otherwise,
+ *                  see the specifications for `a` and `b`.
+ */
+int strncasecmp(const char* a, const char* b, size_t length)
+{
+  int c1, c2;
+  for (; length--; a++, b++)
+    if (*a != *b)
+      {
+	c1 = isalpha(*a) ? tolower(*a) : (int)*a;
+	c2 = isalpha(*b) ? tolower(*b) : (int)*b;
+	if ((c1 -= c2))
+	  return c1;
+      }
+    else if (!*a && !*b)  return 0;
+    else if (!*a)         return -1;
+    else if (!*b)         return +1;
+  return 0;
+}
+