strcmp: which is which?

[blight2c]

hey all, hope you had a fine weekend does someone mind explaining which parameter is which in this. i know it compares two strings, but i can't tell which does what? thanks

if(strcmp(n[index],n[index+1])>0)

[Prelude]

It looks like this is an array of char *, strcmp tests one string in the array with the next string in the array. n[index] is the first argument, n[index+1] is the second.

-Prelude

[rmullen3]

I believe strcmp returns 0 if the 2 strings are of equal value. And I suppose those would be arrays of char*, because strcmp doesn't accept chars as parameters...

[blight2c]

sorry should have posted more. what's the >0 at the end. is this the right track: if index+1 is greater than index than . . .

for(index=0;index<max-1;index++)
{
               if(strcmp(n[index],n[index+1])>0)
               {
	strcpy(temp,n[index]);
	strcpy(n[index],n[index+1]);
	strcpy(n[index+1],temp);
	swapflag=1;
	}

[Prelude]

If strcmp returns 0 then the strings are equal, if it returns greater or less than 0 then the strings aren't equal.

-Prelude

[elad]

strcmp(a, b) > 0 if a > b
strcmp(a, b) == 0 if a == b
strcmp(a, b) < 0 if a < b

AFAIK anyway.