memchr(3)

NAME
memchr, memrchr, rawmemchr - scan memory for a character

LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>

void *memchr(size_t n;
             const void s[n], int c, size_t n);
void *memrchr(size_t n;
             const void s[n], int c, size_t n);

[[deprecated]] 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(), but 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. If an instance of c is not found, the behavior is undefined. Use either strlen(3) or memchr(3) instead.

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.

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

STANDARDS

memchr()
    C11, POSIX.1-2008.

memrchr()
rawmemchr()
    GNU.

HISTORY

memchr()
    POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

memrchr()
    glibc 2.2.

rawmemchr()
    glibc 2.1.

SEE ALSO
bstring(3), ffs(3), memmem(3), strchr(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), wmemchr(3)