NAME
fmemcmp - fuzzy comparison of two memory areas
SYNOPSIS
#include <fstrcmp.h>
#define FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL
#define FSTRCMP_THRESHOLD
#define FSTRCMP_ERROR
double fmemcmp(const void *data1, size_t size1, const void *data2,
size_t size2);
DESCRIPTION
The fmemcmp() function compares the two memory areas, the size1 bytes
pointed to by data1 and the size2 bytes pointed to by data2.
RETURN VALUE
The fmemcmp function returns a floating point value between 0.0 and
FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL. A value of 0.0 means the memory areas are utterly
un-alike. A value of FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL means the memory areas 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
fmemcmpi(3)
fuzzy comparison of two memory areas
fstrcmp(3)
fuzzy comparison of two strings
memcmp(3)
compare memory areas
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
fmemcmp(3)