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Hi all,
Could any help me in which one of following will be efficient,using memcmp() or strcmp() in what way both are good.
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Jawahar raj R
Dec 13 '07 #1
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These functions are for different purposes. strcmp assumes you are comparing two char arrays that have a binary zero as the last element.

memcmp(), compares two memory locations at the bit level. You can use this when you don't have C-string char arrays.
Dec 13 '07 #2

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