STRSTR

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BSD mandoc

NAME

strstr - locate a substring in a string

SYNOPSIS

Fd #include <string.h> Ft char * Fn strstr const char *big const char *little

DESCRIPTION

The Fn strstr function locates the first occurrence of the null-terminated string Fa little in the null-terminated string Fa big . If Fa little is the empty string, Fn strstr returns Fa big ; if Fa little occurs nowhere in Fa big , Fn strstr returns NULL; otherwise Fn strstr returns a pointer to the first character of the first occurrence of Fa little .

STANDARDS

The Fn strstr function conforms to St -ansiC .