memchr(3)

memchr3

Memory search character

Usage

#include <string.h>  // see memory.h(3head)

void *memchr(size_t n; const void s[n], int c, size_t n);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

memchr() 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.

Return value

memchr() returns a pointer to the matching byte or NULL if the character does not occur in the given memory area.

Attributes

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

InterfaceAttributeValue
memchr()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Releases

19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 13 times.

  1. 1.1–2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0
  5. 5.0
  6. 6.0
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. Arch

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.