| memchr(3P, 3p) | find byte in memory |
| memchr, memrchr, rawmemchr(3) | scan memory for a character |
| bstring, bcmp, bcopy, bzero, memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memfrob, memmem, memmove, memset(3) | byte string operations |
| memchr(3) | Library Functions Manual | memchr(3) |
memchr, memrchr, rawmemchr - scan memory for a character
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <string.h>
void *memchr(const void s[.n], int c, size_t n); void *memrchr(const void s[.n], int c, size_t n);
[[deprecated]] void *rawmemchr(const void *s, int c);
memrchr(), rawmemchr():
_GNU_SOURCE
The memchr() function scans the initial n bytes of the memory area pointed to by s for the first instance of c. Both c and the bytes of the memory area pointed to by s are interpreted as unsigned char.
The memrchr() function is like the memchr() function, except that it searches backward from the end of the n bytes pointed to by s instead of forward from the beginning.
The rawmemchr() function is similar to memchr(), but it assumes (i.e., the programmer knows for certain) that an instance of c lies somewhere in the memory area starting at the location pointed to by s. If an instance of c is not found, the behavior is undefined. Use either strlen(3) or memchr(3) instead.
The memchr() and memrchr() functions return a pointer to the matching byte or NULL if the character does not occur in the given memory area.
The rawmemchr() function returns a pointer to the matching byte.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| memchr (), memrchr (), rawmemchr () | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
bstring(3), ffs(3), memmem(3), strchr(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), wmemchr(3)
| 2023-07-20 | Linux man-pages 6.05.01 |