memcmp() and strcmp()

hi, I am reading the description of memcmp and strcmp, it seems there
is no big difference between these two functions. except that memcmp
takes void pointer parameters. so why string.h has these two functions
doing the same thing?

> hi, I am reading the description of memcmp and strcmp, it seems there[color=blue]
> is no big difference between these two functions. except that memcmp
> takes void pointer parameters. so why string.h has these two functions
> doing the same thing?[/color]

There is a big difference.
strcmp() compares characters up until it sees the first '\0' in either
string.
As soon as character difference is found or '\0' is found it returns.

memcmp() does not look for '\0'. It looks for the first difference
considering the size specified.

Stephen Howe

By the way, not "string.h" but "cstring" header. And you need to know
that it is C, but not C plus plus. std::basic_string<T> is used in C++.

yeah, this is another I am confused, I found a c++ website, under
standard library, they include string.h as c standard library, also
says that cstring is another name for string.h

the website I am looking at is cplusplus.com

On 3 Jul 2005 12:37:42 -0700, "SnaiL" <snail@btobits.com> wrote in
comp.lang.c++:
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> By the way, not "string.h" but "cstring" header. And you need to know
> that it is C, but not C plus plus. std::basic_string<T> is used in C++.[/color]

Both memcmp() and strcmp() are part of the standard C++ library and
must be available on every conforming hosted C++ implementation.

Both <string.h> and <cstring> are allowed as headers to prototype
these two functions. <string.h> is deprecated, but unlikely to be
actually removed in the real world.

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