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MEMCHR

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3 )
Updated: 1993-04-12
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NAME

memchr - scan memory for a character  

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

The memchr() function scans the first n bytes of the memory area pointed to by s for the character c. The first byte to match c (interpreted as an unsigned character) stops the operation.  

RETURN VALUE

The memchr() function returns a pointer to the matching byte or NULL if the character does not occur in the given memory area.  

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899  

SEE ALSO

index(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3)


 

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