strcoll(3C)                                              strcoll(3C)


       NAME
             strcoll - string collation

       SYNOPSIS
             #include <string.h>
             int strcoll (const char *s1, const char *s2);

       DESCRIPTION
             strcoll returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less
             than zero in direct correlation to whether string s1 is
             greater than, equal to, or less than the string s2.  The
             comparison is based on strings interpreted as appropriate to
             the program's locale for category LC_COLLATE [see
             setlocale(3C)].

             Both strcoll and strxfrm provide for locale-specific string
             sorting.  strcoll is intended for applications in which the
             number of comparisons per string is small.  When strings are
             to be compared a number of times, strxfrm is a more
             appropriate utility because the transformation process occurs
             only once.

          Files
             /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_COLLATE
                                      LC_COLLATE database for locale.

       REFERENCES
             colltbl(1M), environ(5), setlocale(3C), string(3C),
             strxfrm(3C)



















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