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# PetscStrcmp
Compares two strings
## Synopsis
```
static inline PetscErrorCode PetscStrcmp(const char a[], const char b[], PetscBool *flg)
```
Not Collective, No Fortran Support
## Input Parameters
- ***a -*** pointer to string first string
- ***b -*** pointer to second string
## Output Parameter
- ***flg -*** `PETSC_TRUE` if the two strings are equal
## See Also
`PetscStrgrt()`, `PetscStrncmp()`, `PetscStrcasecmp()`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
include/petscstring.h
## Examples
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex43.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex72.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex76.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex77.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex78.c
src/sys/tutorials/ex20.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex11.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex11_sa.c
src/vec/is/sf/tutorials/ex1.c
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