---
name: "ustricmp"
section: "3alleg"
platform: "linux"
package: "liballegro-doc"
version: "2:4.2.2-2.2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ustricmp"
---

# ustricmp(3alleg)

Compares two strings ignoring case. Allegro game programming library.

## NAME

ustricmp - Compares two strings ignoring case. Allegro game programming library.

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<allegro.h\>**

**int ustricmp(const char \*s1, const char \*s2);**

## DESCRIPTION

This function compares \`s1' and \`s2', ignoring case. Example:

```
   if (ustricmp(string, user_input) == 0) {
      /* string and user_input are equal (ignoring case) */
   }
```

## RETURN VALUE

Returns zero if the strings are equal, a positive number if \`s1' comes after \`s2' in the ASCII collating sequence, else a negative number.

## SEE ALSO

[**uconvert**(3alleg)](/uconvert/3alleg.md), [**ustrsize**(3alleg)](/ustrsize/3alleg.md), [**ustrsizez**(3alleg)](/ustrsizez/3alleg.md), [**ustrnicmp**(3alleg)](/ustrnicmp/3alleg.md), [**ustrcmp**(3alleg)](/ustrcmp/3alleg.md), [**ustrncmp**(3alleg)](/ustrncmp/3alleg.md), [**exconfig**(3alleg)](/exconfig/3alleg.md)