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      1 /* strncmp -- compare two strings, stop after n bytes.
      2    This function is in the public domain.  */
      3 
      4 /*
      5 
      6 @deftypefn Supplemental int strncmp (const char *@var{s1}, @
      7   const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n})
      8 
      9 Compares the first @var{n} bytes of two strings, returning a value as
     10 @code{strcmp}.
     11 
     12 @end deftypefn
     13 
     14 */
     15 
     16 #include <ansidecl.h>
     17 #include <stddef.h>
     18 
     19 int
     20 strncmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, register size_t n)
     21 {
     22   register unsigned char u1, u2;
     23 
     24   while (n-- > 0)
     25     {
     26       u1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
     27       u2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
     28       if (u1 != u2)
     29 	return u1 - u2;
     30       if (u1 == '\0')
     31 	return 0;
     32     }
     33   return 0;
     34 }
     35