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C COMPILER LIBRARY FUNCTION REFERENCE->Detailed Descriptions->memchr()

Summary

#include <string.h>

    

char *memchr(void *buf,int c, size_t count);

Find character in a buffer

Parameters

    

buf	Pointer to buffer
c	Character to find
count	Number of characters to search

Description

This function looks for the first occurrence of c in the first count bytes of buf

It returns when it has found c or when it has searched count bytes.

Return Value

If successful, the function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of c in buf.  Otherwise it returns NULL.