strequate(3) Programmer's Manual strequate(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

strequate - map a list of characters to the same value

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

#include <*your-opts.h*>  
cc \[...] -o outfile infile.c -l**opts** \[...]

void **strequate**(char const * *ch\_list*);

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Each character in the input string get mapped to the first character in the string. This function name is mapped to option\_strequate so as to not conflict with the POSIX name space.

[*ch\_list*](#ch_list)

characters to equivalence

# [ERRORS](#ERRORS)

none.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

The *info* documentation for the -l*opts* library.  
[ao\_string\_tokenize(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/ao_string_tokenize.3), [configFileLoad(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/configFileLoad.3), [optionFileLoad(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionFileLoad.3), [optionFindNextValue(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionFindNextValue.3), [optionFindValue(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionFindValue.3), [optionFree(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionFree.3), [optionGetValue(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionGetValue.3), [optionLoadLine(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionLoadLine.3), [optionMemberList(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionMemberList.3), [optionNextValue(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionNextValue.3), [optionOnlyUsage(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionOnlyUsage.3), [optionPrintVersion(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionPrintVersion.3), [optionPrintVersionAndReturn(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionPrintVersionAndReturn.3), [optionProcess(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionProcess.3), [optionRestore(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionRestore.3), [optionSaveFile(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionSaveFile.3), [optionSaveState(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionSaveState.3), [optionUnloadNested(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionUnloadNested.3), [optionVersion(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionVersion.3), [streqvcmp(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/streqvcmp.3), [streqvmap(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/streqvmap.3), [strneqvcmp(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/strneqvcmp.3), [strtransform(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/strtransform.3),

2026-10-31

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