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# wcsncmp

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< c‎ | string‎ | wide

Defined in header `<wchar.h>` |  |
int wcsncmp( const wchar_t* lhs, const wchar_t* rhs, size_t count ); |  |

Compares at most `count` wide characters of two null-terminated wide strings. The comparison is done lexicographically.

### [edit] Parameters

lhs, rhs | - | pointers to the null-terminated wide strings to compare
count | - | maximum number of characters to compare

### [edit] Return value

Negative value if `lhs` is less than `rhs`.

​0​ if `lhs` is equal to `rhs`.

Positive value if `lhs` is greater than `rhs`.

### [edit] Example

| This section is incomplete Reason: no example

### [edit] See also

wcscmp | compares two wide strings (function) [edit]
wmemcmp | compares a certain amount of wide characters from two arrays (function) [edit]
wcscoll | compares two wide strings in accordance to the current locale (function) [edit]
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