strings.h(0P)		   POSIX Programmer's Manual		 strings.h(0P)

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NAME
       strings.h — string operations

SYNOPSIS
       #include <strings.h>

DESCRIPTION
       The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as
       macros. Function prototypes shall be provided for use with ISO C
       standard compilers.


	   int	  ffs(int);
	   int	  strcasecmp(const char *, const char *);
	   int	  strcasecmp_l(const char *, const char *, locale_t);
	   int	  strncasecmp(const char *, const char *, size_t);
	   int	  strncasecmp_l(const char *, const char *, size_t, locale_t);

       The <strings.h> header shall define the locale_t type as described in
       <locale.h>.

       The <strings.h> header shall define the size_t type as described in
       <sys/types.h>.

       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       <locale.h>, <sys_types.h>

       The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2017, ffs(), strcasecmp()

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology --
       Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the
       original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can
       be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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IEEE/The Open Group		     2017			 strings.h(0P)