fstrcmp(3)

NAME

fstrcmp - fuzzy comparison of two strings

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

The fstrcmp() function compares the two strings, string1 and string2.

RETURN VALUE

The fstrcmp function returns a floating point value between 0.0 and FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL. A value of 0.0 means the strings are utterly unalike. 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) failure.

SEE ALSO

fmemcmp(3)

fuzzy comparison of two memory areas

fstrcasecmp(3)

fuzzy comparison of two strings ignoring case

fstrcmpi(3)

fuzzy comparison of two strings

strcmp(3)

compare two strings

COPYRIGHT

fstrcmp version 0.3
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

fstrcmp(3)