strncmp

Compares first n characters of strings.

Syntax

• res = strncmp(s1, s2, n)

Input argument

• s1 - a string, string array or cell of strings.
• s2 - a string, string array or cell of strings.
• n - an integer value: numbers of characters to compare.

Output argument

• res - a logical: true if the two are identical and false otherwise.

Description

strncmp compares the first n characters of two strings (case sensitive).

Example

strncmp('Nelson', 'nelSon', 3)
strncmp('Nelson', 'Nelson', 3)

A = {'Nel', 'son'; 'Toolboxes', 'Modules'}
B = {'Handle', 'Struct'; 'Toolboxes', 'Modules'}
C = {'C', 'Contents'; 'Nel', 'son'}
strncmp(A, B, 2)
strncmp(A, C, 2)
strncmp(C, 'C', 4)

See also

strcmp.

History

Author

Allan CORNET