wmemchr(3) Library Functions Manual wmemchr(3)

wmemchr - search a wide character in a wide-character array

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wmemchr(const wchar_t s[.n], wchar_t c, size_t n);

The wmemchr() function is the wide-character equivalent of the memchr(3) function. It searches the n wide characters starting at s for the first occurrence of the wide character c.

The wmemchr() function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of c among the n wide characters starting at s, or NULL if c does not occur among these.

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

Interface Attribute Value
wmemchr () Thread safety MT-Safe

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

memchr(3), wcschr(3)

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