Re: strcmp()?

At 11:10 AM -0700 5/24/11, David Harkness wrote:

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Vitalii Demianets <vitas@nppfactor.kiev.ua

wrote:

So. to write compatible scripts one should check "< 0", not "== -1".

Which matches the documentation:

    Returns < 0 if str1 is less than str2; > 0 if str1 is greater than str2,

and 0 if they are equal. David

David: I think the point here is that the documentation says the function returns a number greater than zero, or less than zero, or zero. It's just that many who have responded on this list show that the function commonly returns -1, 1, and 0. It's wise to keep with the documentation. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com/