NATURALSTRCMP(3)					       MBK UTILITY FUNCTIONS						  NATURALSTRCMP(3)

NAME

       naturalstrcmp - compare string in alphabetical order for letters and numerical for digits.

ORIGIN

       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

SYNOPSYS

       #include "mut.h"
       int naturalstrcmp(s, t)
       char *s, *t;

PARAMETERS

       s		   Pointer to the first string to compare

       t		   Pointer to the second string to compare

DESCRIPTION

       naturalstrcmp is an alphanumerical comparison function that ensures x12 > x2 for example.  First, the alphabetical part of  the	string	is
       compared, using strcmp(3), then, if it has trailing numbers, they are compared using a numerical function.

RETURN VALUES

       naturalstrcmp has the same return values than the standard library strcmp(3) function.

EXAMPLE

       #include "mut.h"
       static int
	  connectorcmp(flc, slc)
       locon_list **flc, **slc;
       {
	  return naturalstrcmp((*slc)->NAME, (*flc)->NAME);
       }

SEE ALSO

       mbk(1), strcmp(3).

BUG REPORT

       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

ASIM
/LIP6							  October 1, 1997						  NATURALSTRCMP(3)