#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
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