5.21 strcoll—locale-specific character string compare

Synopsis

     #include <string.h>
     int strcoll(const char *stra, const char * strb);
     

Description
strcoll compares the string pointed to by stra to the string pointed to by strb, using an interpretation appropriate to the current LC_COLLATE state.

Returns
If the first string is greater than the second string, strcoll returns a number greater than zero. If the two strings are equivalent, strcoll returns zero. If the first string is less than the second string, strcoll returns a number less than zero.

Portability
strcoll is ANSI C.

strcoll requires no supporting OS subroutines.