#include <stdio.h>
int custom_strcmp(const char *a, const char *b) {
// Your logic here
int count=0;
while(*a!='\0' || *b!='\0'){
if(*a=='\0' || *b=='\0'){
count+=*a-*b;
break;
}
count+=*a-*b;
a++;
b++;
}
return count;
}
int main() {
char a[101], b[101];
fgets(a, sizeof(a), stdin);
fgets(b, sizeof(b), stdin);
// Remove newline
int i = 0;
while (a[i]) {
if (a[i] == '\n') { a[i] = '\0'; break; }
i++;
}
i = 0;
while (b[i]) {
if (b[i] == '\n') { b[i] = '\0'; break; }
i++;
}
printf("%d", custom_strcmp(a, b));
return 0;
}
simple while loop and pointers concepts helped me to solve the problem
Input
apple apple
Expected Output
0