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32 .TH MEMCHR 3 2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
34 memchr, memrchr, rawmemchr \- scan memory for a character
37 .B #include <string.h>
39 .BI "void *memchr(const void *" s ", int " c ", size_t " n );
40 .BI "void *memrchr(const void *" s ", int " c ", size_t " n );
41 .BI "void *rawmemchr(const void *" s ", int " c );
45 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
46 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
57 function scans the initial
62 for the first instance of
66 and the bytes of the memory area pointed to by
76 except that it searches backward from the end of the
80 instead of forward from the beginning.
84 function is similar to
86 it assumes (i.e., the programmer knows for certain)
89 lies somewhere in the memory area starting at the location pointed to by
91 and so performs an optimized search for
93 (i.e., no use of a count argument to limit the range of the search).
96 is not found, the results are unpredictable.
97 The following call is a fast means of locating a string's
98 terminating null byte:
102 char *p = rawmemchr(s,\ \(aq\e0\(aq);
110 functions return a pointer
111 to the matching byte or NULL if the character does not occur in
112 the given memory area.
116 function returns a pointer to the matching byte, if one is found.
117 If no matching byte is found, the result is unspecified.
120 first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
123 first appeared in glibc in version 2.2.
125 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
133 Interface Attribute Value
138 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
145 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
149 function is a GNU extension, available since glibc 2.1.91.
153 function is a GNU extension, available since glibc 2.1.