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1 /* Compare strings while treating digits characters numerically.
2 Copyright (C) 1997, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 Contributed by Jean-François Bignolles <bignolle@ecoledoc.ibp.fr>, 1997.
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
8 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
9 License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 Library General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
18 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
19 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
22 # include <config.h>
23 #endif
25 #include <string.h>
26 #include <ctype.h>
28 /* states: S_N: normal, S_I: comparing integral part, S_F: comparing
29 fractional parts, S_Z: idem but with leading Zeroes only */
30 #define S_N 0x0
31 #define S_I 0x4
32 #define S_F 0x8
33 #define S_Z 0xC
35 /* result_type: CMP: return diff; LEN: compare using len_diff/diff */
36 #define CMP 2
37 #define LEN 3
40 /* ISDIGIT differs from isdigit, as follows:
41 - Its arg may be any int or unsigned int; it need not be an unsigned char.
42 - It's guaranteed to evaluate its argument exactly once.
43 - It's typically faster.
44 Posix 1003.2-1992 section 2.5.2.1 page 50 lines 1556-1558 says that
45 only '0' through '9' are digits. Prefer ISDIGIT to isdigit unless
46 it's important to use the locale's definition of `digit' even when the
47 host does not conform to Posix. */
48 #define ISDIGIT(c) ((unsigned) (c) - '0' <= 9)
50 #undef __strverscmp
51 #undef strverscmp
53 #ifndef weak_alias
54 # define __strverscmp strverscmp
55 #endif
57 /* Compare S1 and S2 as strings holding indices/version numbers,
58 returning less than, equal to or greater than zero if S1 is less than,
59 equal to or greater than S2 (for more info, see the texinfo doc).
62 int
63 __strverscmp (const char *s1, const char *s2)
65 const unsigned char *p1 = (const unsigned char *) s1;
66 const unsigned char *p2 = (const unsigned char *) s2;
67 unsigned char c1, c2;
68 int state;
69 int diff;
71 /* Symbol(s) 0 [1-9] others (padding)
72 Transition (10) 0 (01) d (00) x (11) - */
73 static const unsigned int next_state[] =
75 /* state x d 0 - */
76 /* S_N */ S_N, S_I, S_Z, S_N,
77 /* S_I */ S_N, S_I, S_I, S_I,
78 /* S_F */ S_N, S_F, S_F, S_F,
79 /* S_Z */ S_N, S_F, S_Z, S_Z
82 static const int result_type[] =
84 /* state x/x x/d x/0 x/- d/x d/d d/0 d/-
85 0/x 0/d 0/0 0/- -/x -/d -/0 -/- */
87 /* S_N */ CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, LEN, CMP, CMP,
88 CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP,
89 /* S_I */ CMP, -1, -1, CMP, 1, LEN, LEN, CMP,
90 1, LEN, LEN, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP,
91 /* S_F */ CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, LEN, CMP, CMP,
92 CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP, CMP,
93 /* S_Z */ CMP, 1, 1, CMP, -1, CMP, CMP, CMP,
94 -1, CMP, CMP, CMP
97 if (p1 == p2)
98 return 0;
100 c1 = *p1++;
101 c2 = *p2++;
102 /* Hint: '0' is a digit too. */
103 state = S_N | ((c1 == '0') + (ISDIGIT (c1) != 0));
105 while ((diff = c1 - c2) == 0 && c1 != '\0')
107 state = next_state[state];
108 c1 = *p1++;
109 c2 = *p2++;
110 state |= (c1 == '0') + (ISDIGIT (c1) != 0);
113 state = result_type[state << 2 | ((c2 == '0') + (ISDIGIT (c2) != 0))];
115 switch (state)
117 case CMP:
118 return diff;
120 case LEN:
121 while (ISDIGIT (*p1++))
122 if (!ISDIGIT (*p2++))
123 return 1;
125 return ISDIGIT (*p2) ? -1 : diff;
127 default:
128 return state;
131 #ifdef weak_alias
132 weak_alias (__strverscmp, strverscmp)
133 #endif