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33.Dd December 11, 1993
34.Dt STRING 3
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm stpcpy ,
38.Nm strcat ,
39.Nm strncat ,
40.Nm strchr ,
41.Nm strrchr ,
42.Nm strcmp ,
43.Nm strncmp ,
44.Nm strcasecmp ,
45.Nm strncasecmp ,
46.Nm strcpy ,
47.Nm strncpy ,
48.Nm strerror ,
49.Nm strlen ,
50.Nm strpbrk ,
51.Nm strsep ,
52.Nm strspn ,
53.Nm strcspn ,
54.Nm strstr ,
55.Nm strtok ,
56.Nm index ,
57.Nm rindex
58.Nd string specific functions
59.Sh LIBRARY
60.Lb libc
61.Sh SYNOPSIS
62.In string.h
63.Ft char *
64.Fn stpcpy "char *dst" "const char *src"
65.Ft char *
66.Fn strcat "char *s" "const char * append"
67.Ft char *
68.Fn strncat "char *s" "const char *append" "size_t count"
69.Ft char *
70.Fn strchr "const char *s" "int c"
71.Ft char *
72.Fn strrchr "const char *s" "int c"
73.Ft int
74.Fn strcmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2"
75.Ft int
76.Fn strncmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2" "size_t count"
77.Ft int
78.Fn strcasecmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2"
79.Ft int
80.Fn strncasecmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2" "size_t count"
81.Ft char *
82.Fn strcpy "char *dst" "const char *src"
83.Ft char *
84.Fn strncpy "char *dst" "const char *src" "size_t count"
85.Ft char *
86.Fn strerror "int errno"
87.Ft size_t
88.Fn strlen "const char *s"
89.Ft char *
90.Fn strpbrk "const char *s" "const char *charset"
91.Ft char *
92.Fn strsep "char **stringp" "const char *delim"
93.Ft size_t
94.Fn strspn "const char *s" "const char *charset"
95.Ft size_t
96.Fn strcspn "const char *s" "const char *charset"
97.Ft char *
98.Fn strstr "const char *big" "const char *little"
99.Ft char *
100.Fn strtok "char *s" "const char *delim"
101.Ft char *
102.Fn index "const char *s" "int c"
103.Ft char *
104.Fn rindex "const char *s" "int c"
105.Sh DESCRIPTION
106The string
107functions manipulate strings terminated by a
108null byte.
109.Pp
110See the specific manual pages for more information.
111For manipulating variable length generic objects as byte
112strings (without the null byte check), see
113.Xr bstring 3 .
114.Pp
115Except as noted in their specific manual pages,
116the string functions do not test the destination
117for size limitations.
118.Sh SEE ALSO
119.Xr bstring 3 ,
120.Xr index 3 ,
121.Xr rindex 3 ,
122.Xr stpcpy 3 ,
123.Xr strcasecmp 3 ,
124.Xr strcat 3 ,
125.Xr strchr 3 ,
126.Xr strcmp 3 ,
127.Xr strcpy 3 ,
128.Xr strcspn 3 ,
129.Xr strerror 3 ,
130.Xr strlen 3 ,
131.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
132.Xr strrchr 3 ,
133.Xr strsep 3 ,
134.Xr strspn 3 ,
135.Xr strstr 3 ,
136.Xr strtok 3
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