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NAME
string.h — string operations
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
DESCRIPTION
Some of the functionality described on this reference page extends the ISO C standard.
Applications shall define the appropriate feature test macro (see the System Interfaces
volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 2.2, The Compilation Environment) to enable the visibility
of these symbols in this header.
The <string.h> header shall define NULL and size_t as described in <stddef.h>.
The <string.h> header shall define the locale_t type as described in <locale.h>.
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function
prototypes shall be provided for use with ISO C standard compilers.
void *memccpy(void *restrict, const void *restrict, int, size_t);
void *memchr(const void *, int, size_t);
int memcmp(const void *, const void *, size_t);
void *memcpy(void *restrict, const void *restrict, size_t);
void *memmove(void *, const void *, size_t);
void *memset(void *, int, size_t);
char *stpcpy(char *restrict, const char *restrict);
char *stpncpy(char *restrict, const char *restrict, size_t);
char *strcat(char *restrict, const char *restrict);
char *strchr(const char *, int);
int strcmp(const char *, const char *);
int strcoll(const char *, const char *);
int strcoll_l(const char *, const char *, locale_t);
char *strcpy(char *restrict, const char *restrict);
size_t strcspn(const char *, const char *);
char *strdup(const char *);
char *strerror(int);
char *strerror_l(int, locale_t);
int strerror_r(int, char *, size_t);
size_t strlen(const char *);
char *strncat(char *restrict, const char *restrict, size_t);
int strncmp(const char *, const char *, size_t);
char *strncpy(char *restrict, const char *restrict, size_t);
char *strndup(const char *, size_t);
size_t strnlen(const char *, size_t);
char *strpbrk(const char *, const char *);
char *strrchr(const char *, int);
char *strsignal(int);
size_t strspn(const char *, const char *);
char *strstr(const char *, const char *);
char *strtok(char *restrict, const char *restrict);
char *strtok_r(char *restrict, const char *restrict, char **restrict);
size_t strxfrm(char *restrict, const char *restrict, size_t);
size_t strxfrm_l(char *restrict, const char *restrict,
size_t, locale_t);
Inclusion of the <string.h> header may also make visible all symbols from <stddef.h>.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
<locale.h>, <stddef.h>, <sys_types.h>
The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 2.2, The Compilation Environment,
memccpy(), memchr(), memcmp(), memcpy(), memmove(), memset(), strcat(), strchr(),
strcmp(), strcoll(), strcpy(), strcspn(), strdup(), strerror(), strlen(), strncat(),
strncmp(), strncpy(), strpbrk(), strrchr(), strsignal(), strspn(), strstr(), strtok(),
strxfrm()
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is
POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the event of any
discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the
original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard
can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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