---
name: "ustricmp"
section: "3alleg4"
platform: "linux"
package: "allegro4-doc"
version: "2:4.4.3.1-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ustricmp/3alleg4"
---

# ustricmp(3alleg4)

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**(3alleg4), **ustrsize**(3alleg4), **ustrsizez**(3alleg4), **ustrnicmp**(3alleg4), **ustrcmp**(3alleg4), **ustrncmp**(3alleg4), **exconfig**(3alleg4)