Why are my outputs like so

[snaxpax]

im comparing my 2 strings via stricmp and im getting an output but im wondering why it does it like i think it does

str1 = "a"
str2 = "b"

since 1 is less than 2 and according to letter the output is -1
i think thats how it goes at least

mine is like

str1 = "SzBouSBwjT"
str2 = "Ryan"

when i use this with stricmp it only compares letter 1 to 1 so
since 1 is greater than 2 its 1

how do i make it so it compares all if the letters possible?

[Beniamin Kalinowski]

Well, maybe I don't understand, but what return value do you expect? This way, you know which one comes first or if they are equal. What result do you expect to get exactly?

[snaxpax]

i dont expect any specific result

i want it so that way its more complicated when using for my authentication

if it only compares letter one then any same character amount name starting with R will return the same value.. i want it so that it will return a value that can only be achieved by having the same name as str2 or changing str1 which will look like gibberish in my hex

[Beniamin Kalinowski]

Nooo, try it for:
str1 = "snaxpax"
str2 = "snaxpak"

And you'll get the result saying, that snaxpak is earlier,so some negative value as an answer. It compares first letter, if they are equal, it compares next and so on and so on.

[snaxpax]

ooo ty