fstrcmp - Man Page

fuzzy comparison of two strings

Synopsis

#include <fstrcmp.h>

#define FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL
#define FSTRCMP_THRESHOLD
#define FSTRCMP_ERROR

double fstrcmp(const char *string1, const char *string2);

Description

The fstrcmp() function compares the two strings, string1 and string2.

Return Value

The fstrcmp function returns a floating point value between 0.0 and FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL.  A value of 0.0 means the strings are utterly un-alike.  A value of FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL means the strings are identical.  A value of more than FSTRCMP_THRESHOLD (it lies between 0.0 and FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL) would be considered "similar" by most people.

A value of FSTRCMP_ERROR (always negative) indicates a malloc(3) failure.

See Also

fmemcmp(3)

fuzzy comparison of two memory areas

fstrcasecmp(3)

fuzzy comparison of two strings ignoring case

fstrcmpi(3)

fuzzy comparison of two strings

strcmp(3)

compare two strings