/*
 *				b l k c m p . c
 */

/*)LIBRARY
*/

#ifdef	DOCUMENTATION

title	blkcmp	Compare Two Blocks of Memory
index		Compare two blocks of memory

synopsis

	 blkcmp(a,b,nbytes)
	 char *a;
	 char *b;
	 unsigned nbytes;

description

	blkcmp compares two blocks of memory, each nbytes long.  Like strcmp,
	it returns:

		-1	a  < b
		 0	a == b
		+1	a  > b

	where the comparison is lexicographical (as for strcmp).

	Zero bytes have no special meaning to blkcmp() and are compared
	along with everything else.

bugs

author

	Jerry Leichter
#endif

/*
)EDITLEVEL=05
 * Edit history
 * 0.0 18-Jun-81 JSL	Invention
 * 0.1 23-Jun-81 JSL	nbytes should be unsigned
 */

blkcmp(a,b,nbytes)
register char *a;
register char *b;
unsigned nbytes;
{	register int comp;

	while (nbytes-- > 0)
	{	if ((comp = *a++ - *b++) > 0)
			return(1);
		else if (comp < 0)
			return(-1);
	}
	return(0);
}