strcoll(3C)             LIBRARY FUNCTIONS             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   LCCOLLATE   [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/LCCOLLATE
                           LCCOLLATE database for locale.

SEE ALSO
     setlocale(3C), string(3C), strxfrm(3C), environ(5).
     colltbl(1M) in the System Administrator's Reference Manual.

























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