strxfrm (3)

NAME

       strxfrm - string transformation

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.h>

       size_t strxfrm(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       The  strxfrm() function transforms the src string into a form such that
       the result of strcmp() on two strings that have been  transformed  with
       strxfrm()  is  the  same  as the result of strcoll() on the two strings
       before their transformation.  The first n characters of the transformed
       string  are  placed  in  dest.  The transformation is based on the pro-
       gram's current locale for category LC_COLLATE.  (See setlocale(3)).

RETURN VALUE

       The strxfrm() function returns the number of bytes  required  to  store
       the  transformed  string in dest excluding the terminating `\0' charac-
       ter.  If the value returned is n or more,  the  contents  of  dest  are
       indeterminate.

CONFORMING TO

       SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

NOTES

       In  the  "POSIX"  or "C" locales strxfrm() is equivalent to copying the
       string with strncpy().

SEE ALSO

       bcmp(3), memcmp(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3), setlocale(3)

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