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32.\"     @(#)memchr.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt MEMCHR 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm memchr
40.Nd locate byte in byte string
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In string.h
45.Ft void *
46.Fn memchr "const void *b" "int c" "size_t len"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn memchr
50function
51locates the first occurrence of
52.Fa c
53(converted to an unsigned char)
54in string
55.Fa b .
56.Sh RETURN VALUES
57The
58.Fn memchr
59function
60returns a pointer to the byte located,
61or NULL if no such byte exists within
62.Fa len
63bytes.
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr memmem 3 ,
66.Xr strchr 3 ,
67.Xr strcspn 3 ,
68.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
69.Xr strrchr 3 ,
70.Xr strsep 3 ,
71.Xr strspn 3 ,
72.Xr strstr 3 ,
73.Xr strtok 3
74.Sh STANDARDS
75The
76.Fn memchr
77function
78conforms to
79.St -isoC .
80