Comparing Two Strings

Learn how to compare two strings in C.

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The strcmp() function

The strcmp( ) function is used to compare whether or not two strings are equal. The basic syntax of the strcmp() function is given below:

int strcmp(const char *str2, const char *str1);

The order of passing base addresses to strcmp( ) must always be the target, followed by the source.

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