NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strstr - locate a substring in a string

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     char *
     strstr(const char *big, const char *little);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strstr() function locates the first  occurrence  of  the
null-terminated
     string  little in the null-terminated string big.  If little
is the empty
     string, strstr() returns big; if little  occurs  nowhere  in
big, strstr()
     returns  NULL;  otherwise  strstr() returns a pointer to the
first character
     of the first occurrence of little.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     memchr(3), strchr(3),  strcspn(3),  strpbrk(3),  strrchr(3),
strsep(3),
     strspn(3), strtok(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

OpenBSD     3.6                           June      29,      1991