Prev Next
strcmpi( ) function in C:
- strcmpi( ) function in C is same as strcmp() function. But, strcmpi( ) function is not case sensitive. i.e, “A” and “a” are treated as same characters. Where as, strcmp() function treats “A” and “a” as different characters.
- strcmpi() function is non standard function which may not available in standard library in C.
- Both functions compare two given strings and returns zero if they are same.
- If length of string1 < string2, it returns < 0 value. If length of string1 > string2, it returns > 0 value. Syntax for strcmp( ) function is given below.
int strcmpi ( const char * str1, const char * str2 );
Example program for strcmpi( ) function in C:
In this program, strings “fresh” and “refresh” are compared. 0 is returned when strings are equal. Negative value is returned when str1 < str2 and positive value is returned when str1 > str2.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main( ) { char str1[ ] = "fresh" ; char str2[ ] = "refresh" ; int i, j, k ; i = strcmpi ( str1, "FRESH" ) ; j = strcmpi ( str1, str2 ) ; k = strcmpi ( str1, "f" ) ; printf ( "\n%d %d %d", i, j, k ) ; return 0; } |
Output:
0 -1 1
|
C String functions:
- String.h header file supports all the string functions in C language. All the string functions are given below.
- Click on each string function name below for detail description and example programs.
String functions
|
Description
|
strcat ( ) | Concatenates str2 at the end of str1 |
strncat ( ) | Appends a portion of string to another |
strcpy ( ) | Copies str2 into str1 |
strncpy ( ) | Copies given number of characters of one string to another |
strlen ( ) | Gives the length of str1 |
strcmp ( ) | Returns 0 if str1 is same as str2. Returns <0 if strl < str2. Returns >0 if str1 > str2 |
strcmpi ( ) | Same as strcmp() function. But, this function negotiates case. “A” and “a” are treated as same. |
strchr ( ) | Returns pointer to first occurrence of char in str1 |
strrchr ( ) | last occurrence of given character in a string is found |
strstr ( ) | Returns pointer to first occurrence of str2 in str1 |
strrstr ( ) | Returns pointer to last occurrence of str2 in str1 |
strdup ( ) | Duplicates the string |
strlwr ( ) | Converts string to lowercase |
strupr ( ) | Converts string to uppercase |
strrev ( ) | Reverses the given string |
strset ( ) | Sets all character in a string to given character |
strnset ( ) | It sets the portion of characters in a string to given character |
strtok ( ) | Tokenizing given string using delimiter |