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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3p/strcoll.3p b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/strcoll.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3d2a1f22 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/strcoll.3p @@ -0,0 +1,172 @@ +'\" et +.TH STRCOLL "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +strcoll, +strcoll_l +\(em string comparison using collating information +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <string.h> +.P +int strcoll(const char *\fIs1\fP, const char *\fIs2\fP); +int strcoll_l(const char *\fIs1\fP, const char *\fIs2\fP, + locale_t \fIlocale\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +For +\fIstrcoll\fR(): +The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the +ISO\ C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the +ISO\ C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 defers to the ISO\ C standard. +.P +The +\fIstrcoll\fR() +and +\fIstrcoll_l\fR() +functions shall compare the string pointed to by +.IR s1 +to the string pointed to by +.IR s2 , +both interpreted as appropriate to the +.IR LC_COLLATE +category of the current locale, +or of the locale represented by +.IR locale , +respectively. +.P +The +\fIstrcoll\fR() +and +\fIstrcoll_l\fR() +functions shall not change the setting of +.IR errno +if successful. +.P +Since no return value is reserved to indicate an error, an +application wishing to check for error situations should set +.IR errno +to 0, then call +\fIstrcoll\fR(), +or +\fIstrcoll_l\fR() +then check +.IR errno . +.P +The behavior is undefined if the +.IR locale +argument to +\fIstrcoll_l\fR() +is the special locale object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale +object handle. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +Upon successful completion, +\fIstrcoll\fR() +shall return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than +0, according to whether the string pointed to by +.IR s1 +is greater than, equal to, or less than the string pointed to by +.IR s2 +when both are interpreted as appropriate to the current locale. +On error, +\fIstrcoll\fR() +may set +.IR errno , +but no return value is reserved to indicate an error. +.P +Upon successful completion, +\fIstrcoll_l\fR() +shall return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, +according to whether the string pointed to by +.IR s1 +is greater than, equal to, or less than the string pointed to by +.IR s2 +when both are interpreted as appropriate to the locale represented by +.IR locale . +On error, +\fIstrcoll_l\fR() +may set +.IR errno , +but no return value is reserved to indicate an error. +.SH ERRORS +These functions may fail if: +.TP +.BR EINVAL +The +.IR s1 +or +.IR s2 +arguments contain characters outside the domain of the collating +sequence. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +.SS "Comparing Nodes" +.P +The following example uses an application-defined function, +\fInode_compare\fR(), +to compare two nodes based on an alphabetical ordering of the +.IR string +field. +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +#include <string.h> +\&... +struct node { /* These are stored in the table. */ + char *string; + int length; +}; +\&... +int node_compare(const void *node1, const void *node2) +{ + return strcoll(((const struct node *)node1)->string, + ((const struct node *)node2)->string); +} +\&... +.fi +.P +.RE +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +The +\fIstrxfrm\fR() +and +\fIstrcmp\fR() +functions should be used for sorting large lists. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIalphasort\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIstrcmp\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIstrxfrm\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fB<string.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |