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November 25, 2013 21:04
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some fancy string comparison
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int compare_some_strings (char *a, char *b) | |
// compare some strings, return -1 if equal, otherwise the position of the first difference. | |
{ | |
int i; | |
for (i = 0; a[i] != 0 && b[i] != 0; i++) | |
if (a[i] != b[i]) | |
return i; | |
// wenn wir hier angekommen sind, sind sie bis zum Punkt i gleich | |
if (a[i] == 0 && b[i] == 0) // sie sind ganz gleich | |
return -1 | |
else // der eine ist länger als der andere, aber bis dahin sind sie gleich. | |
return i; | |
} |
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