#include <iostream.h>

#include <cstring>	//prototype for strncmp

int main()
{
	char string1[30];
	char string2[30];

	cout<<"Enter two strings: ";
	cin>> string1>>string2;

	cout<<"How many characters should be compared: " ;

	if ( strlen( string1 ) > strlen( string2 ) )
	{
		cout << strlen( string1 ) - strlen( string2 ) << endl;
		cout<<""<<string1<<" is greater than "<<string2<<" up to "
			<< strlen( string1 ) - strlen( string2 ) <<" characters" <<endl;
	}
	else
		if ( strlen( string1 ) < strlen( string2 ) )
		{
			cout  << strlen( string2 ) - strlen( string1 ) << endl;
			cout << string1 << " is less than " <<string2 << " up to "
				<< strlen( string2 ) - strlen( string1 ) <<" characters" << endl;
		}
		else
			cout<<string1<<" is equal to "<<string2<<endl;

		return 0;
}