How to compare strings ignoring case

[dan5348]

Im lost on this.

It should report whether or not, ignoring case, they are the same.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
using namespace std;
void main(void)
{
    char str1[25], str2[25], dif;
    printf("\nEnter the first String:");
    gets(str1);
    printf("\nEnter the second String;");
    gets(str2);
 
    dif = strcmp(str1, str2);                                       //using string functions
 
    if (dif>0)
        printf("%s comes after %s", str1, str2);
    else
    {
        if (dif<0)
            printf("%s comes after %s", str2, str1);
        else
            printf("both the strings are same");
    }
}

[weaknessforcats]

strcmp just compares the strings. Therefore, X and x will compare not equal.

Use stricmp. That is a case insensitive version of strcmp.