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MEMCHR(3) Library Functions Manual MEMCHR(3)

NAME

memchr, memrchrlocate byte in byte string

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

void *
memchr(const void *b, int c, size_t len);

void *
memrchr(const void *b, int c, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION

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

RETURN VALUES

The memchr() and memrchr() functions return a pointer to the byte located, or NULL if no such byte exists within len bytes.

STANDARDS

The memchr() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (“ANSI C89”).
April 10, 2009 NetBSD 7.0