WCSCOLL(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual WCSCOLL(3P)PROLOG
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NAMEwcscoll - wide-character string comparison using collating information
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
int wcscoll(const wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2);
DESCRIPTION
The wcscoll() function shall compare the wide-character string pointed
to by ws1 to the wide-character string pointed to by ws2, both inter‐
preted as appropriate to the LC_COLLATE category of the current locale.
The wcscoll() function shall not change the setting of errno if suc‐
cessful.
An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno
to 0 before calling wcscoll(). If errno is non-zero on return, an error
has occurred.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, wcscoll() shall return an integer greater
than, equal to, or less than 0, according to whether the wide-character
string pointed to by ws1 is greater than, equal to, or less than the
wide-character string pointed to by ws2, when both are interpreted as
appropriate to the current locale. On error, wcscoll() shall set
errno, but no return value is reserved to indicate an error.
ERRORS
The wcscoll() function may fail if:
EINVAL The ws1 or ws2 arguments contain wide-character codes outside
the domain of the collating sequence.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
The wcsxfrm() and wcscmp() functions should be used for sorting large
lists.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSOwcscmp(), wcsxfrm(), the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <wchar.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2003 WCSCOLL(3P)
