debian man page for strdiff

STRDIFF(3pub)						       C Programmer's Manual						     STRDIFF(3pub)

NAME
       strdiff - locate first difference between two strings

SYNOPSIS
       #include <publib.h>
       size_t strdiff(const char *str1, const char *str2);

DESCRIPTION
       strdiff	finds  the first character from the beginning that is different in the two strings str1 and str2.  The terminating zero characters
       are considered different.

RETURN VALUE
       strdiff returns a the offset of the first pair of differring characters (or the offset of the first zero character it finds).

SEE ALSO
       publib(3), string(3), strcmp(3)

AUTHOR
       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)

Publib							       C Programmer's Manual						     STRDIFF(3pub)