memmem(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | BUGS | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

MEMMEM(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                MEMMEM(3)

NAME top

       memmem - locate a substring

SYNOPSIS top

       #define _GNU_SOURCE         /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
       #include <string.h>

       void *memmem(const void *haystack, size_t haystacklen,
                    const void *needle, size_t needlelen);

DESCRIPTION top

       The memmem() function finds the start of the first occurrence of the
       substring needle of length needlelen in the memory area haystack of
       length haystacklen.

RETURN VALUE top

       The memmem() function returns a pointer to the beginning of the
       substring, or NULL if the substring is not found.

ATTRIBUTES top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface Attribute     Value   │
       ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │memmem()  │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO top

       This function is not specified in POSIX.1, but is present on a number
       of other systems.

BUGS top

       In glibc 2.0, if needle is empty, memmem() returns a pointer to the
       last byte of haystack.  This is fixed in glibc 2.1.

SEE ALSO top

       bstring(3), strstr(3)

COLOPHON top

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GNU                              2017-03-13                        MEMMEM(3)

Pages that refer to this page: bstring(3) , memchr(3) , memrchr(3) , rawmemchr(3) , strcasestr(3) , strstr(3)