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NAME

       ustrncmp  -  Compares  up  to  n  letters  of two strings. Allegro game
       programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       int ustrncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, int n);

DESCRIPTION

       This function compares up to `n' characters of `s1' and `s2'. Example:

          if (ustrncmp(prefix, long_string, ustrlen(prefix)) == 0) {
             /* long_string starts with prefix */
          }

RETURN VALUE

       Returns zero if the substrings are equal, a  positive  number  if  `s1'
       comes  after  `s2'  in  the  ASCII  collating sequence, else a negative
       number.

SEE ALSO

       uconvert(3alleg), ustrsize(3alleg), ustrsizez(3alleg), ustrcmp(3alleg),
       ustricmp(3alleg), ustrnicmp(3alleg)