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                                 strncmp

   Usage
   include <string.h>
   int strncmp(const char *string1,const char *string2, size_t n);

   Description
   Compares  n  characters of string2 to string1.  The  comparison  stops
   after n characters or the end of string1.

   Example
   #include <stdio.h>
   #include <string.h>
   char string[50] = " Example string";
   char *string2 = " Add this string";
   main()
   {
        printf("\nstrncmp Example [%d]\n", strncmp (string,string2,10));
   }

   Return Value
   strncmp returns an integer:
   < 0  if string1 is less then string2
   = 0  if string1 is equal to string2
   > 0  if string1 is greater than string2


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