MEMMEM(3)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		     MEMMEM(3)



NAME
       memmem - locate a substring

SYNOPSIS
       #define _GNU_SOURCE	   /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
       #include <string.h>

       void *memmem(const void *haystack, size_t haystacklen,
		    const void *needle, size_t needlelen);

DESCRIPTION
       The  memmem()  function	finds the start of the first occurrence of the
       substring needle of length needlelen in the  memory  area  haystack  of
       length haystacklen.

RETURN VALUE
       The  memmem()  function	returns a pointer to the beginning of the sub-
       string, or NULL if the substring is not found.

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

       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface | Attribute	  | Value   |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |memmem()  | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       This  function  is not specified in POSIX.1, but is present on a number
       of other systems.

BUGS
       In glibc 2.0, if needle is empty, memmem() returns  a  pointer  to  the
       last byte of haystack.  This is fixed in glibc 2.1.

SEE ALSO
       bstring(3), strstr(3)

COLOPHON
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GNU				  2017-03-13			     MEMMEM(3)