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fstrcoll

fstrcoll(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       fstrcoll(3)

NAME

       fstrcoll - fuzzy comparison of two strings using the current locale

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fstrcmp.h>
       #define FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL
       #define FSTRCMP_THRESHOLD
       #define FSTRCMP_ERROR
       double fstrcoll(const char *string1, const char *string2);

DESCRIPTION

       The  strcoll() function compares the two strings sting1 and string2.  The comparison is based on strings interpreted as appropriate for the
       program's current locale for category LC_CTYPE.

RETURN VALUE

       The fstrcoll function returns a floating point value between 0.0 and FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL.	A value of 0.0 means the strings are  utterly  un-
       alike.	A  value  of  FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL  means the strings are identical.  A value of more than FSTRCMP_THRESHOLD (it lies between 0.0 and
       FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL) would be considered "similar" by most people.

       A value of FSTRCMP_ERROR (always negative) indicates a malloc(3) or mbstowcs(3) failure.

SEE ALSO

       fstrcmp(3)
	       fuzzy comparison of two strings

       fstrcolli(3)
	       fuzzy comparison of two strings using the current locale

       strcoll(3)
	       compare two strings using the current locale

       mbstowcs(3)
	       convert a multibyte string to a wide-character string

COPYRIGHT

       fstrcmp version 0.4
       Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Miller
       Peter Miller <pmiller@opensource.org.au>

       The comparison code is derived from the fuzzy comparison functions in GNU Gettext 0.17.	The GNU  Gettext  comparison  functions  were,	in
       turn, derived from GNU Diff 2.7.

       Copyright (C) 1988-2009 Free Software Foundation

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