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34.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2007 $
35.Dt MEMCHR 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm memchr
39.Nd locate byte in byte string
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Fd #include <string.h>
42.Ft void *
43.Fn memchr "const void *b" "int c" "size_t len"
44.Ft void *
45.Fn memrchr "const void *b" "int c" "size_t len"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn memchr
49function locates the first occurrence of
50.Fa c
51(converted to an
52.Li unsigned char )
53in string
54.Fa b .
55.Pp
56The
57.Fn memrchr
58function behaves like
59.Fn memchr ,
60except that it locates the last occurrence of
61.Fa c
62in string
63.Fa b .
64.Sh RETURN VALUES
65The
66.Fn memchr
67and
68.Fn memrchr
69functions return a pointer to the byte located, or
70.Dv NULL
71if no such byte exists within
72.Fa len
73bytes.
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr strchr 3 ,
76.Xr strcspn 3 ,
77.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
78.Xr strrchr 3 ,
79.Xr strsep 3 ,
80.Xr strspn 3 ,
81.Xr strstr 3 ,
82.Xr strtok 3
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Fn memchr
86function conforms to
87.St -ansiC .
88.Pp
89The
90.Fn memrchr
91function is an
92.Ox
93extension.