257 lines
4.3 KiB
Groff
257 lines
4.3 KiB
Groff
.TH STRING 3ACK "86/03/18"
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.ad
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.SH NAME
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strcpy, strncpy, strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp,
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strlen, strindex, strrindex, strzero, str2bts,
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long2str, str2long,
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btscpy, btscat, btscmp, btszero, bts2str \- operations on and
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conversions between strings and row of bytes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B char *strcpy(s1, s2)
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.B char *s1, *s2;
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.PP
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.B char *strncpy(s1, s2, n)
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.B char *s1, *s2;
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.PP
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.B char *strcat(s1, s2)
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.B char *s1, *s2;
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.PP
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.B char *strncat(s1, s2, n)
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.B char *s1, *s2;
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.PP
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.B int strcmp(s1, s2)
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.B char *s1, *s2;
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.PP
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.B int strncmp(s1, s2, n)
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.B char *s1, *s2;
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.PP
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.B int strlen(s)
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.B char *s;
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.PP
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.B char *strindex(s, c)
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.B char *s, c;
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.PP
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.B char *strrindex(s, c)
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.B char *s, c;
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.PP
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.B char *strzero(s)
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.B char *s;
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.PP
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.B char *str2bts(s, b, pn)
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.B char *s, *b;
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.B int *pn;
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.PP
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.B char *long2str(l, base)
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.B long l;
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.B int base;
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.PP
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.B long str2long(s, base)
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.B char *s;
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.B int base;
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.PP
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.B char *btscpy(b1, b2, n)
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.B char *b1, *b2;
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.B int n;
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.PP
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.B char *btscat(b1, n1, b2, n2)
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.B char *b1, *b2;
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.B int n1, n2;
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.PP
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.B int btscmp(b1, n1, b2, n2)
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.B char *b1, *b2;
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.B int n1, n2;
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.PP
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.B char *btszero(b, n)
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.B char *b;
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.B int n;
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.PP
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.B char *bts2str(b, n, s)
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.B char *b, *s;
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.B int n;
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.IR str *
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functions operate on null-terminated strings.
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The
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.IR bts *
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functions operate on variable-length rows of bytes,
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regardless of null bytes.
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Neither of these functions check for overflow of any receiving area.
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.PP
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.I Strcpy
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copies string
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.I s2
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to
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.I s1,
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stopping after the null character has been moved.
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.I Strncpy
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copies exactly
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.I n
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characters,
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truncating or null-padding
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.I s2;
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the target may not be null-terminated if the length
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of
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.I s2
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is
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.I n
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or more.
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Both return
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.IR s1 .
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.PP
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.I Strcat
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appends a copy of string
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.I s2
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to the end of string
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.IR s1 .
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.I Strncat
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copies at most
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.I n
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characters.
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Both return a pointer to the null-terminated result
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.IR s1 .
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.PP
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.I Strcmp
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compares its arguments and returns an integer
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greater than, equal to, or less than 0, if
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.I s1
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is lexicographically greater than, equal to, or
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less than
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.IR s2 ,
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respectively.
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.I Strncmp
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makes the same comparison but checks at most
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.I n
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characters.
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.PP
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.I Strlen
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returns the number of characters before the null-character.
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.IR s .
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.PP
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.I Strindex
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.RI ( strrindex )
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returns a pointer to the first (last)
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occurrence of character
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.I c
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in string
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.I s,
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or zero if
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.I c
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does not occur in
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.IR s .
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.PP
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.I Strzero
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turns
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.I s
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into a null string.
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.PP
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.I Bts2str
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turns a row of
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.I n
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consecutive bytes, the first of which is pointed by
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.IR b ,
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into a null-terminated string, starting at
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.IR s .
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Printable characters are copied and non-printable characters are transformed
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into sequences of printable characters, representing those characters.
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The transformation agrees with the representation of non-printable
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characters in C strings.
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.br
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E.g., the row of 2 bytes
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.RS
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\&'\e0' '\en'
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.RE
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is turned into the string consisting of the following characters
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.RS
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\&'\e\e' '0' '0' '0' '\e\e' 'n' '\e0'
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.RE
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The latter string could be represented in C as "\e\e000\e\en".
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.PP
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.I Str2bts
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turns string
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.I s
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into a sequence of bytes pointed by
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.IR b .
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It has the inverse effect to
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.IR bts2str .
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The length of the resulting byte sequence is returned in
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.RI * pn .
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.br
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Both the functions
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.I bts2str
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and
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.I str2bts
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return a pointer to the result.
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.PP
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.I Long2str
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converts a long value
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.I l
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into a null-terminated string according to
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.IR base ,
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which indicates the base to use.
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This base may be any of 2..16.
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A negative base (in the range -16..-2) indicates that the long must be
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seen as unsigned.
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A pointer to the string is returned.
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.I Str2long
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returns the value that is represented in
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.IR s ,
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according to
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.IR base .
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.PP
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.I Btscpy
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copies
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.I n
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bytes from the string of bytes
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.I b2
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to
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.I b1
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and returns
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.IR b1 .
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.PP
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.I Btscat
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appends a copy of
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.I n2
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bytes from
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.I b2
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to the end of
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.IR b1 ,
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consisting of
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.I n1
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bytes.
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.I B1
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is returned.
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.PP
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.I Btscmp
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compares row of bytes
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.I b1
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with length
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.I n1
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and
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.I b2
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with length
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.I n2
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and returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, if
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.I b1
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is lexicographically greater then, equal to, or less than
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.IR b2 ,
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respectively.
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.PP
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.I Btszero
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places
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.I n
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null bytes in the string
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.IR b .
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.I B
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is returned.
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.SH FILES
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~em/modules/lib/libstring.a
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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string(3), bstring(3), atof(3)
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.SH BUGS
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No checks for overflow or illegal parameters.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Erik Baalbergen <erikb@vu44.UUCP>
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