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     The strcmp, stricmp, strncmp, and strnicmp functions operate
     on null-terminated strings. The <string> arguments to these
     functions are expected to contain a null character (\0) marking
     the end of the string.
 
     The strcmpi and stricmp functions are case-insensitive versions of
     strcmp, and the strnicmp function is a case-insensitive version of
     strncmp. The strcmpi function is an obsolete synonym for stricmp.
     It is supported for compatibility.
 
     The strcmp, strcmpi, and stricmp functions compare <string1> and
     <string2> and return a value indicating their relationship, as
     follows:
 
     Value     Meaning
 
     < 0       <string1> is less than <string2>
     = 0       <string1> is identical to <string2>
     > 0       <string1> is greater than <string2>
 
     The strncmp and strnicmp functions operate on, at most, the first
     <count> characters of null-terminated strings. The strncmp and
     strnicmp functions compare, at most, the first <count> characters
     of <string1> and <string2> and return a value indicating the
     relationship between the substrings, as listed below:
 
     Value     Meaning
 
     < 0       <substring1> is less than <substring2>
     = 0       <substring1> is identical to <substring2>
     > 0       <substring1> is greater than <substring2>
 
     The _f... forms of these functions are model-independent (large-
     model) forms that use far pointer forms of the string arguments
     and return values. These model-independent functions can be called
     from any point in the program. Note that there is not a model-
     independent version of the strcmpi function. You should use the
     _fstricmp function in its place.
 
     Return Value
 
     The return values for these functions are described above.
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