programming-examples/c/String/C Program to Accepts two Strings _ Compare them.c

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/*
* C Program to accepts two strings and compare them. Display
* the result whether both are equal, or first string is greater
* than the second or the first string is less than the second string
*/
#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int count1 = 0, count2 = 0, flag = 0, i;
char string1[10], string2[10];
printf("Enter a string:");
gets(string1);
printf("Enter another string:");
gets(string2);
/* Count the number of characters in string1 */
while (string1[count1] != '\0')
count1++;
/* Count the number of characters in string2 */
while (string2[count2] != '\0')
count2++;
i = 0;
while ((i < count1) && (i < count2))
{
if (string1[i] == string2[i])
{
i++;
continue;
}
if (string1[i] < string2[i])
{
flag = -1;
break;
}
if (string1[i] > string2[i])
{
flag = 1;
break;
}
}
if (flag == 0)
printf("Both strings are equal \n");
if (flag == 1)
printf("String1 is greater than string2 \n", string1, string2);
if (flag == -1)
printf("String1 is less than string2 \n", string1, string2);
}
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$ cc pgm50.c
/$ a.out
Enter a string:
hello
Enter another string:
world
String1 is less than string2
$ a.out
Enter a string:
object
Enter another string:
class
String1 is greater than string2
$ a.out
Enter a string:object
Enter another string:object
Both strings are equal