--- /dev/null
+#include "clapack.h"
+
+/* compare two strings */
+
+integer s_cmp(char *a0, char *b0, ftnlen la, ftnlen lb)
+{
+register unsigned char *a, *aend, *b, *bend;
+a = (unsigned char *)a0;
+b = (unsigned char *)b0;
+aend = a + la;
+bend = b + lb;
+
+if(la <= lb)
+ {
+ while(a < aend)
+ if(*a != *b)
+ return( *a - *b );
+ else
+ { ++a; ++b; }
+
+ while(b < bend)
+ if(*b != ' ')
+ return( ' ' - *b );
+ else ++b;
+ }
+
+else
+ {
+ while(b < bend)
+ if(*a == *b)
+ { ++a; ++b; }
+ else
+ return( *a - *b );
+ while(a < aend)
+ if(*a != ' ')
+ return(*a - ' ');
+ else ++a;
+ }
+return(0);
+}