man strdiff () - locate first difference between two strings

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

AUTHOR

Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)