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memchr(3)

locate byte in byte string

NAME

memchr – locate byte in byte string

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

void *

memchr(const void *s, int c, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

The memchr() function locates the first occurrence of c (converted to an unsigned char) in string s.

RETURN VALUES

The memchr() function returns a pointer to the byte located, or NULL if no such byte exists within n bytes.

SEE ALSO

strchr(3), strcspn(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3), wmemchr(3)

STANDARDS

The memchr() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (“ISO C90”).

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