wrt.c

#include "main.h"


/**
 * string_compare - Performs lexicographic comparison of two strings.
 * @str1: The first string.
 * @str2: The second string.
 *
 * Return: add descr
 */
int string_compare(char *str1, char *str2)
{
	while (*str1 && *str2)
	{
		if (*str1 != *str2)
			return (*str1 - *str2);
		str1++;
		str2++;
	}

	if (*str1 == *str2)
		return (0);
	else
		return ((*str1 < *str2 ? -1 : 1));
}

/**
 * string_starts_with - Checks if a string starts with a specific substring.
 * @haystack: The string to search.
 * @needle: The substring to find.
 *
 * Return: Address of the next character of haystack or NULL if not found.
 */
char *string_starts_with(const char *haystack, const char *needle)
{
	while (*needle)
		if (*needle++ != *haystack++)
			return (NULL);

	return ((char *)haystack);
}


/**
 * _putchar - writes the character c to stdout
 * @c: The character to print
 *
 * Return: On success 1.
 * On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
 */
int _putchar(char c)
{
	static int i;
	static char buf[BUF_SIZE];

	if (c == FLUSH_BUFFER || i >= BUF_SIZE)
	{
		write(1, buf, i);
		i = 0;
	}
	if (c != FLUSH_BUFFER)
		buf[i++] = c;
	return (1);
}


/**
 * charDup - add descr
 * @pathstr: the PATH string
 * @start: starting index
 * @stop: stopping index
 *
 * Return: pointer to new buffer
 */
char *charDup(char *pathstr, int start, int stop)
{
	static char buf[BUF_SIZE];
	int i = 0, k = 0;

	for (k = 0, i = start; i < stop; i++)
		if (pathstr[i] != ':')
			buf[k++] = pathstr[i];
	buf[k] = 0;
	return (buf);
}