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ustrncmp(3)			 Allegro manual 		     ustrncmp(3)

NAME
     ustrncmp  -  Compares up to n letters of two strings. Allegro game program-
     ming library.

SYNOPSIS
     #include <allegro.h>

     int ustrncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, int n);

DESCRIPTION
     This function compares up to `n' characters of `s1' and `s2'. Example:

	if (ustrncmp(prefix, long_string, ustrlen(prefix)) == 0) {
	   /* long_string starts with prefix */
	}

RETURN VALUE
     Returns zero if the substrings are equal, a positive number if  `s1'  comes
     after `s2' in the ASCII collating sequence, else a negative number.

SEE ALSO
     uconvert(3),  ustrsize(3),  ustrsizez(3),	ustrcmp(3),  ustricmp(3),  ustr-
     nicmp(3)

Allegro 			  version 4.4.3 		     ustrncmp(3)

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