NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     memchr - locate byte in byte string

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The memchr() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD