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MEMCHR(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MEMCHR(3)

NAME

     memchr, memrchr, rawmemchr - scan memory for a character

SYNOPSIS

     #include <string.h>
     void *memchr(const void *s, int c, size_t n);
     void *memrchr(const void *s, int c, size_t n);
     void *rawmemchr(const void *s, int c);
 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
     memrchr(), rawmemchr(): _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

     The  memchr()  function  scans  the  initial n bytes of the memory area
     pointed to by s for the first instance of c.  Both c and the  bytes  of
     the memory area pointed to by s are interpreted as unsigned char.
     The  memrchr()  function  is like the memchr() function, except that it
     searches backward from the end of the n bytes pointed to by  s  instead
     of forward from the beginning.
     The  rawmemchr() function is similar to memchr(): it assumes (i.e., the
     programmer knows for certain) that an instance of c lies  somewhere  in
     the  memory  area starting at the location pointed to by s, and so per-
     forms an optimized search for c (i.e., no use of a  count  argument  to
     limit  the range of the search).  If an instance of c is not found, the
     results are unpredictable.  The following  call  is  a  fast  means  of
     locating a string's terminating null byte:
         char *p = rawmemchr(s, '\0');

RETURN VALUE

     The  memchr()  and memrchr() functions return a pointer to the matching
     byte or NULL if the character does not occur in the given memory  area.
     The rawmemchr() function returns a pointer to the matching byte, if one
     is found.  If no matching byte is found, the result is unspecified.

VERSIONS

     rawmemchr() first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
     memrchr() first appeared in glibc in version 2.2.

ATTRIBUTES

     For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
     attributes(7).
     +---------------------------------+---------------+---------+
     |Interface                        | Attribute     | Value   |
     +---------------------------------+---------------+---------+
     |memchr(), memrchr(), rawmemchr() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
     +---------------------------------+---------------+---------+

CONFORMING TO

     memchr(): POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
     The memrchr() function  is  a  GNU  extension,  available  since  glibc
     2.1.91.
     The rawmemchr() function is a GNU extension, available since glibc 2.1.

SEE ALSO

     bstring(3), ffs(3), index(3), memmem(3),  rindex(3),  strchr(3),  strp-
     brk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), wmemchr(3)

COLOPHON

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     description of the project, information about reporting bugs,  and  the
     latest     version     of     this    page,    can    be    found    at
     https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
                                2017-09-15                         MEMCHR(3)
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