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diff --git a/manual/string.texi b/manual/string.texi index 2fe60395eb..f582bad96d 100644 --- a/manual/string.texi +++ b/manual/string.texi @@ -1187,8 +1187,8 @@ regards these characters as parts of the alphabet they do match. @comment ISO @deftypefun int strncmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{size}) This function is the similar to @code{strcmp}, except that no more than -@var{size} characters are compared. In other words, if the two -strings are the same in their first @var{size} characters, the +@var{size} wide characters are compared. In other words, if the two +strings are the same in their first @var{size} wide characters, the return value is zero. @end deftypefun @@ -1966,6 +1966,11 @@ Note that ``character'' is here used in the sense of byte. In a string using a multibyte character encoding (abstract) character consisting of more than one byte are not treated as an entity. Each byte is treated separately. The function is not locale-dependent. + +Note that ``character'' is here used in the sense of byte. In a string +using a multibyte character encoding (abstract) character consisting of +more than one byte are not treated as an entity. Each byte is treated +separately. The function is not locale-dependent. @end deftypefun @comment wchar.h |