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32.Dd September 2, 2023
33.Dt STRING 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm stpcpy ,
37.Nm strcat ,
38.Nm strncat ,
39.Nm strchr ,
40.Nm strrchr ,
41.Nm strcmp ,
42.Nm strncmp ,
43.Nm strcasecmp ,
44.Nm strncasecmp ,
45.Nm strcpy ,
46.Nm strncpy ,
47.Nm strerror ,
48.Nm strlen ,
49.Nm strpbrk ,
50.Nm strsep ,
51.Nm strspn ,
52.Nm strcspn ,
53.Nm strstr ,
54.Nm strtok ,
55.Nm index ,
56.Nm rindex
57.Nd string specific functions
58.Sh LIBRARY
59.Lb libc
60.Sh SYNOPSIS
61.In string.h
62.Ft char *
63.Fn stpcpy "char *dst" "const char *src"
64.Ft char *
65.Fn strcat "char *s" "const char * append"
66.Ft char *
67.Fn strncat "char *s" "const char *append" "size_t count"
68.Ft char *
69.Fn strchr "const char *s" "int c"
70.Ft char *
71.Fn strrchr "const char *s" "int c"
72.Ft int
73.Fn strcmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2"
74.Ft int
75.Fn strncmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2" "size_t count"
76.Ft int
77.Fn strcasecmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2"
78.Ft int
79.Fn strncasecmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2" "size_t count"
80.Ft char *
81.Fn strcpy "char *dst" "const char *src"
82.Ft char *
83.Fn strncpy "char *dst" "const char *src" "size_t count"
84.Ft char *
85.Fn strerror "int errno"
86.Ft size_t
87.Fn strlen "const char *s"
88.Ft char *
89.Fn strpbrk "const char *s" "const char *charset"
90.Ft char *
91.Fn strsep "char **stringp" "const char *delim"
92.Ft size_t
93.Fn strspn "const char *s" "const char *charset"
94.Ft size_t
95.Fn strcspn "const char *s" "const char *charset"
96.Ft char *
97.Fn strstr "const char *big" "const char *little"
98.Ft char *
99.Fn strtok "char *s" "const char *delim"
100.Ft char *
101.Fn index "const char *s" "int c"
102.Ft char *
103.Fn rindex "const char *s" "int c"
104.Sh DESCRIPTION
105The string
106functions manipulate strings terminated by a
107null byte.
108.Pp
109See the specific manual pages for more information.
110For manipulating variable length generic objects as byte
111strings (without the null byte check), see
112.Xr bstring 3 .
113.Pp
114Except as noted in their specific manual pages,
115the string functions do not test the destination
116for size limitations.
117.Sh SEE ALSO
118.Xr bstring 3 ,
119.Xr index 3 ,
120.Xr rindex 3 ,
121.Xr stpcpy 3 ,
122.Xr strcasecmp 3 ,
123.Xr strcat 3 ,
124.Xr strchr 3 ,
125.Xr strcmp 3 ,
126.Xr strcpy 3 ,
127.Xr strcspn 3 ,
128.Xr strerror 3 ,
129.Xr strlen 3 ,
130.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
131.Xr strrchr 3 ,
132.Xr strsep 3 ,
133.Xr strspn 3 ,
134.Xr strstr 3 ,
135.Xr strtok 3 ,
136.Xr simd 7
137.Sh STANDARDS
138The
139.Fn strcat ,
140.Fn strncat ,
141.Fn strchr ,
142.Fn strrchr ,
143.Fn strcmp ,
144.Fn strncmp ,
145.Fn strcpy ,
146.Fn strncpy ,
147.Fn strerror ,
148.Fn strlen ,
149.Fn strpbrk ,
150.Fn strspn ,
151.Fn strcspn ,
152.Fn strstr ,
153and
154.Fn strtok
155functions
156conform to
157.St -isoC .
158