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MEMCHR(3)                  Library Functions Manual                  MEMCHR(3)

NAME
     memchr, memrchr - locate byte in byte string

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <string.h>

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

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

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

RETURN VALUES
     The memchr() and memrchr() functions return a pointer to the byte
     located, or NULL if no such byte exists within len bytes.

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

STANDARDS
     The memchr() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 ("ANSI C89").

NetBSD 10.99                    April 10, 2009                    NetBSD 10.99