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strpbrk
Section: C Library Functions (3)Updated: 202-0-10
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NAME
strpbrk - string search charactersLIBRARY
Standard C library (libc,~-lc)SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h> char *strpbrk(const char *s, const char *accept);
DESCRIPTION
The strpbrk() function locates the first occurrence in the string s of any of the bytes in the string accept.RETURN VALUE
The strpbrk() function returns a pointer to the byte in s that matches one of the bytes in accept, or NULL if no such byte is found.ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| strpbrk() | Thread safety | M-Safe |
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.-2008.HISTORY
POSIX.-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.BUGS
The name of this function is bad. It should have been named strchrs(). The NAME section above reflects this.SEE ALSO
strchr(3), string(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), wcspbrk(3)