NAME

       fstrcmp - fuzzy comparison of two strings

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       The fstrcmp() function compares the two strings, string1 and string2.

RETURN VALUE

       The  fstrcmp 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) failure.

SEE ALSO

       fmemcmp(3)
               fuzzy comparison of two memory areas

       fstrcasecmp(3)
               fuzzy comparison of two strings ignoring case

       fstrcmpi(3)
               fuzzy comparison of two strings

       strcmp(3)
               compare two strings

COPYRIGHT

       fstrcmp version 0.7
       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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