/* strcmpn.h - string compare between a string and a number of characters */
/* PUBLIC DOMAIN - Jon Mayo - October 11, 2006 */
#ifndef STRCMPN_H
#define STRCMPN_H
/*!
 * description: compares a with b[0..b_len]. 
 * parameters:
 * a - the first string, must be null terminated
 * b - second string. no null termination (series of characters)
 * b_len - length of b.
 * returns:
 * negative if a<b, zero a==b, else positive.
 */
int strcmpn(const char *a, const char *b, unsigned b_len);
#endif