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MEMCHR(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MEMCHR(3)
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 mem-
ory 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)
GNU April 12, 1993 1
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