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 memory 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)