strpbrk(3p)

strpbrk3p

Scan a string for a byte

Usage

#include <string.h>

char *strpbrk(const char *s1, const char *s2);

Prolog

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

Overview

The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

The strpbrk() function shall locate the first occurrence in the string pointed to by s1 of any byte from the string pointed to by s2.

Return value

Upon successful completion, strpbrk() shall return a pointer to the byte or a null pointer if no byte from s2 occurs in s1.

Errors

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

Examples

None.

Application usage

None.

Rationale

None.

Future directions

None.

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