libc/string/strncmp.c

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 * Copyright (c) 2004, 2008 IBM Corporation
 * All rights reserved.
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 * are made available under the terms of the BSD License
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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial implementation
 *****************************************************************************/

#include <stddef.h>

int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);
int strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
{
	if (n < 1)
		return 0;

	while (*s1 != 0 && *s2 != 0 && --n > 0) {
		if (*s1 != *s2)
			break;
		s1 += 1;
		s2 += 1;
	}

	return *s1 - *s2;
}