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.TH STRING 3  2010-02-25 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
stpcpy, strcasecmp, strcat, strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn,
strdup, strfry, strlen, strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strncasecmp, strpbrk,
strrchr, strsep, strspn, strstr, strtok, strxfrm, index, rindex
\- string operations
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <strings.h>
.sp
.BI "int strcasecmp(const char *" s1 ", const char *" s2 );
.sp
.BI "int strncasecmp(const char *" s1 ", const char *" s2 ", size_t " n );
.sp
.BI "char *index(const char *" s ", int " c );
.sp
.BI "char *rindex(const char *" s ", int " c );
.sp
.B #include <string.h>
.sp
.BI "char *stpcpy(char *" dest ", const char *" src );
.sp
.BI "char *strcat(char *" dest ", const char *" src );
.sp
.BI "char *strchr(const char *" s ", int " c );
.sp
.BI "int strcmp(const char *" s1 ", const char *" s2 );
.sp
.BI "int strcoll(const char *" s1 ", const char *" s2 );
.sp
.BI "char *strcpy(char *" dest ", const char *" src );
.sp
.BI "size_t strcspn(const char *" s ", const char *" reject );
.sp
.BI "char *strdup(const char *" s );
.sp
.BI "char *strfry(char *" string );
.sp
.BI "size_t strlen(const char *" s );
.sp
.BI "char *strncat(char *" dest ", const char *" src ", size_t " n );
.sp
.BI "int strncmp(const char *" s1 ", const char *" s2 ", size_t " n );
.sp
.BI "char *strncpy(char *" dest ", const char *" src ", size_t " n );
.sp
.BI "char *strpbrk(const char *" s ", const char *" accept );
.sp
.BI "char *strrchr(const char *" s ", int " c );
.sp
.BI "char *strsep(char **" stringp ", const char *" delim );
.sp
.BI "size_t strspn(const char *" s ", const char *" accept );
.sp
.BI "char *strstr(const char *" haystack ", const char *" needle );
.sp
.BI "char *strtok(char *" s ", const char *" delim );
.sp
.BI "size_t strxfrm(char *" dest ", const char *" src ", size_t " n );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The string functions perform string operations on null-terminated
strings.
See the individual man pages for descriptions of each function.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR index (3),
.BR rindex (3),
.BR stpcpy (3),
.BR strcasecmp (3),
.BR strcat (3),
.BR strchr (3),
.BR strcmp (3),
.BR strcoll (3),
.BR strcpy (3),
.BR strcspn (3),
.BR strdup (3),
.BR strfry (3),
.BR strlen (3),
.BR strncasecmp (3),
.BR strncat (3),
.BR strncmp (3),
.BR strncpy (3),
.BR strpbrk (3),
.BR strrchr (3),
.BR strsep (3),
.BR strspn (3),
.BR strstr (3),
.BR strtok (3),
.BR strxfrm (3)
.SH COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.44 of the Linux
.I man-pages
project.
A description of the project,
and information about reporting bugs,
can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.