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.TH "mtext_cmp" 3m17n "15 Oct 2009" "" "Version 1.5.5" "" "The m17n Library" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
mtext_cmp \- Compare two M\-texts character\-by\-character. 


.SH SYNOPSIS
int
\fBmtext_cmp\fP (\fBMText\fP *
\fImt1\fP, \fBMText\fP *
\fImt2\fP)


.SH DESCRIPTION
Compare two M\-texts character\-by\-character. 
.PP
The
.ft B
mtext_cmp()
.ft R
function compares M\-texts
.ft B
mt1
.ft R
and
.ft B
mt2
.ft R
character by character.
.PP
.SH RETURN VALUE
.PP
.RS 4
This function returns 1, 0, or \-1 if
.ft B
mt1
.ft R
is found greater than, equal to, or less than
.ft B
mt2\fP,
.ft R
respectively. Comparison is based on character codes.
.RE
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
.RS 4
\fBmtext_ncmp()\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
mtext_casecmp()\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
mtext_ncasecmp()\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
mtext_compare()\fP,
.ft R
.ft B
mtext_case_compare()
.ft R
.RE
.PP

.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Information\-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
.br
Copyright (C) 2001\-2009 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
.br
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License 
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.
