How to compare pointer to strings in C

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You may want to use strcmp:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    int v;
    const char *str1 = "hello";
    const char *str2 = "world";

    v = strcmp(str1, str2);

    if (v < 0)
        printf("'%s' is less than '%s'.\n", str1, str2);
    else if (v == 0)
        printf("'%s' equals '%s'.\n", str1, str2);
    else if (v > 0)
        printf("'%s' is greater than '%s'.\n", str1, str2);

    return 0;
}

Result:

'hello' is less than 'world'.

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