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14<h1 align="left">STD_CompareNString <img src="../../image/NTR.gif"align="middle"><img src="../../image/TWL.gif" align="middle"></h1>
15<h2>Syntax</h2>
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17  <dd><PRE><CODE>#include &lt;nitro/std.h&gt;
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19int STD_CompareNString( const char* str1, const char* str2, int len );</CODE></PRE>
20  <PRE><CODE>int STD_StrNCmp( const char* str1, const char* str2, int len );
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28      <TD width="200"><EM><STRONG><FONT face="Courier New">str1</FONT></STRONG></EM></TD>
29      <TD width="800">Specifies the pointer to the compared string.</TD>
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32      <TD width="200"><EM><STRONG><FONT face="Courier New">str2</FONT></STRONG></EM></TD>
33      <TD width="800">Specifies the pointer to the compared string.</TD>
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36      <TD width="200"><EM><STRONG><FONT face="Courier New">len</FONT></STRONG></EM></TD>
37      <TD width="800">Specifies the number of characters to compare.</TD>
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42<h2>Return Values</h2>
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44Returns 0 if the compared strings are the same.
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47<H2>Description</H2>
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49Compares only the initial <EM><STRONG><CODE>len</CODE></STRONG></EM> character in charstring <EM><STRONG><CODE>str1</CODE></STRONG></EM> and charstring <EM><STRONG><CODE>str2</CODE></STRONG></EM>. The C standard function carries out the same operation as <CODE>strncmp()</CODE>.</P>
50<p><CODE>STD_StrNCmp()</CODE> is defined as another name for <CODE>STD_StrCompareNString()</CODE>.</p>
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52<h2>See Also</h2>
53<p><CODE><A href="STD_CompareString.html">STD_CompareString</A>, <A href="STD_CompareLString.html">STD_CompareLString</A></CODE></p>
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55<H2>Revision History</H2>
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572005/10/05 Initial version.
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