---
name: "fstrcmp"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfstrcmp-dev"
version: "0.7.D001-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fstrcmp/3"
---

# fstrcmp(3)

fuzzy comparison of two strings

## 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)](/malloc/3.md) failure.

## SEE ALSO

- [*fmemcmp*(3)](/fmemcmp/3.md)

  fuzzy comparison of two memory areas

- [*fstrcasecmp*(3)](/fstrcasecmp/3.md)

  fuzzy comparison of two strings ignoring case

- [*fstrcmpi*(3)](/fstrcmpi/3.md)

  fuzzy comparison of two strings

- [*strcmp*(3)](/strcmp/3.md)

  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