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   memcmp    ( 3 )

сравнить области памяти (compare memory areas)

Имя (Name)

memcmp - compare memory areas

Синопсис (Synopsis)

#include <string.h>

int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n);


Описание (Description)

The memcmp() function compares the first n bytes (each
       interpreted as unsigned char) of the memory areas s1 and s2.

Возвращаемое значение (Return value)

The memcmp() function returns an integer less than, equal to, or
       greater than zero if the first n bytes of s1 is found,
       respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than the
       first n bytes of s2.

For a nonzero return value, the sign is determined by the sign of the difference between the first pair of bytes (interpreted as unsigned char) that differ in s1 and s2.

If n is zero, the return value is zero.


Атрибуты (Attributes)

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface Attribute Value │ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │memcmp() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘


Стандарты (Conforming to)

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

Примечание (Note)

Do not use memcmp() to compare security critical data, such as
       cryptographic secrets, because the required CPU time depends on
       the number of equal bytes.  Instead, a function that performs
       comparisons in constant time is required.  Some operating systems
       provide such a function (e.g., NetBSD's consttime_memequal()),
       but no such function is specified in POSIX.  On Linux, it may be
       necessary to implement such a function oneself.

Смотри также (See also)

bcmp(3), bstring(3), strcasecmp(3), strcmp(3), strcoll(3),
       strncasecmp(3), strncmp(3), wmemcmp(3)