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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  un-
       alike.   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

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