comparing strings

Author: ivanbrennan

prog.10.4.c

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+// Function to determine if two strings are equal
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+bool equalStrings (const char s1[], const char s2[])
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	bool areEqual;
+
+	while ( s1[i] == s2[i] &&
+			s1[i] != '\0' && s2[i] != '\0' )
+		++i;
+
+	if ( s1[i] == '\0' && s2[i] == '\0' )
+		areEqual = true;
+	else
+		areEqual = false;
+
+	return areEqual;
+}
+
+int main (void)
+{
+	bool equalStrings (const char s1[], const char s2[]);
+	const char stra[] = "string compare test";
+	const char strb[] = "string";
+
+	printf ("%i\n", equalStrings (stra, strb));
+	printf ("%i\n", equalStrings (stra, stra));
+	printf ("%i\n", equalStrings (strb, "string"));
+
+	return 0;
+}