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NAME

       fstrcoll - fuzzy comparison of two strings using the current locale

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fstrcmp.h>
       #define FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL
       #define FSTRCMP_THRESHOLD
       #define FSTRCMP_ERROR
       double fstrcoll(const char *string1, const char *string2);

DESCRIPTION

       The  strcoll()  function  compares  the two strings sting1 and string2.
       The comparison is based on strings interpreted as appropriate  for  the
       program’s current locale for category LC_CTYPE.

RETURN VALUE

       The  fstrcoll  function  returns a floating point value between 0.0 and
       FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL.  A value of 0.0 means the strings  are  utterly  un-
       alike.   A  value of FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL means the strings are identical.
       A value of  more  than  FSTRCMP_THRESHOLD  (it  lies  between  0.0  and
       FSTRCMP_IDENTICAL) would be considered "similar" by most people.

       A  value  of  FSTRCMP_ERROR  (always negative) indicates a malloc(3) or
       mbstowcs(3) failure.

SEE ALSO

       fstrcmp(3)
               fuzzy comparison of two strings

       fstrcolli(3)
               fuzzy comparison of two strings using the current locale

       strcoll(3)
               compare two strings using the current locale

       mbstowcs(3)
               convert a multibyte string to a wide-character string

COPYRIGHT

       fstrcmp version 0.3
       Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Miller
       Peter Miller <pmiller@opensource.org.au>

       The comparison code is derived from the fuzzy comparison  functions  in
       GNU  Gettext 0.17.  The GNU Gettext comparison functions were, in turn,
       derived from GNU Diff 2.7.

       Copyright (C) 1988-2009 Free Software Foundation

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