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STRDIFF(3)                   C Programmer's Manual                  STRDIFF(3)

NAME
       strdiff - locate first difference between two strings

SYNOPSIS
       #include <publib.h>
       size_t strdiff(const char *str1, const char *str2);

DESCRIPTION
       strdiff finds the first character from the beginning that is different
       in the two strings str1 and str2.  The terminating zero characters are
       considered different.

RETURN VALUE
       strdiff returns a the offset of the first pair of differring characters
       (or the offset of the first zero character it finds).

SEE ALSO
       publib(3), string(3), strcmp(3)

AUTHOR
       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)

Publib                       C Programmer's Manual                  STRDIFF(3)