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36.\" @(#)memchr.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
37.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/memchr.3,v 1.7 2001/10/01 16:09:00 ru Exp $
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5b2abdfb 39.Dd June 4, 1993
224c7076 40.Dt MEMCHR 3
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41.Os
42.Sh NAME
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43.Nm memchr
44.Nd locate byte in byte string
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45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libc
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
224c7076 48.In string.h
5b2abdfb 49.Ft void *
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50.Fo memchr
51.Fa "const void *s"
52.Fa "int c"
53.Fa "size_t n"
54.Fc
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55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
224c7076 57.Fn memchr
5b2abdfb 58function
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59locates the first occurrence of
60.Fa c
61(converted to an unsigned char)
62in string
63.Fa s .
e9ce8d39 64.Sh RETURN VALUES
5b2abdfb 65The
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66.Fn memchr
67function
68returns a pointer to the byte located,
69or NULL if no such byte exists within
70.Fa n
71bytes.
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr strchr 3 ,
74.Xr strcspn 3 ,
75.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
76.Xr strrchr 3 ,
77.Xr strsep 3 ,
78.Xr strspn 3 ,
79.Xr strstr 3 ,
80.Xr strtok 3
81.Sh STANDARDS
e9ce8d39 82The
224c7076 83.Fn memchr
5b2abdfb 84function
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85conforms to
86.St -isoC .