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<h3 class="section">5.1 <code>bcmp</code>&mdash;compare two memory areas</h3>
<p><a name="index-bcmp-373"></a><strong>Synopsis</strong>
<pre class="example"> #include &lt;strings.h&gt;
int bcmp(const void *<var>s1</var>, const void *<var>s2</var>, size_t <var>n</var>);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
This function compares not more than <var>n</var> bytes of the
object pointed to by <var>s1</var> with the object pointed to by <var>s2</var>.
<p>This function is identical to <code>memcmp</code>.
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<strong>Returns</strong><br>
The function returns an integer greater than, equal to or
less than zero according to whether the object pointed to by
<var>s1</var> is greater than, equal to or less than the object
pointed to by <var>s2</var>.
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<strong>Portability</strong><br>
<code>bcmp</code> requires no supporting OS subroutines.
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