strncmp

Compare first n characters of strings (case sensitive)

Syntax

tf = strncmp(s1,s2,n)

Description

tf = strncmp(s1,s2,n) compares up to n characters of s1 and s2. The function returns 1 (true) if the two are identical and 0 (false) otherwise. Text is considered identical if the content of each is the same up to the end or the first n characters, whichever comes first.

Note

The operator strncmp is supported only in Stateflow^® charts that use MATLAB^® as the action language.

Examples

Comparison by Using strncmp

Return 1(true) if the two strings are identical.

h = "Hello, world!"
h2 = "Hello, world!!!!!!!!!!!!"
x = strncmp(h,h2,13)
x2 = strncmp(h,h2,14)

Limitations

• This operator is not supported for use with structures. For more information about structures in Stateflow, see Access Bus Signals Through Stateflow Structures.

Version History

Introduced in R2021b