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echo: aust_c_here
to: Andrew Clarke
from: Frank Adam
date: 1996-06-11 18:10:04
subject: strwildcmp :)

G'Day Andrew,
 
-=> Quoting Andrew Clarke to Frank Adam <=-
 AC> 24 May 96 04:18, Frank Adam wrote to Peter Collis:
 
 FA>> Talking about strcmp() i have noticed something that nobody mentioned,
 FA>> it actually returns the ascii code of the character it fails on in
 FA>> str1, and negates it if *str2 > *str1.
 > BC4.02, and TurboC 2, TurboC does it, but i've been told i'm just lucky.

 AC> Of course, if you find other RTLs don't support such behaviour (which 
 AC> wouldn't be suprising) you could always write your own 
I did, but may have to write a program for the function :-)
                                              
  L8r Frank (fadam{at}ozemail.com.au).
  
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