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MEMCHR (3)

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

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