### Function

# AppStream vercmp

#### Declaration [src]

    gint
    as_vercmp (
      const gchar* a,
      const gchar* b,
      AsVercmpFlags flags
    )

#### Description [src]

Compare alpha and numeric segments of two software versions, considering `flags`.

#### Parameters

`a`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  First version number.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`b`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  Second version number.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`flags`

  Type: `AsVercmpFlags`

  Flags, e.g. `AS_VERCMP_FLAG_NONE`.

#### Return value

Type: `gint`

An integer > 0 if a is newer than b; 0 if a and b are the same version; < 0 if b is newer than a.