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Manual Reference Pages  - <strings.h> (P)

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strings.h - string operations

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#include <strings.h>

The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.

int    bcmp(const void *, const void *, size_t); (LEGACY )
void   bcopy(const void *, void *, size_t); (LEGACY )
void   bzero(void *, size_t); (LEGACY )
int    ffs(int);
char  *index(const char *, int); (LEGACY )
char  *rindex(const char *, int); (LEGACY )
int    strcasecmp(const char *, const char *);
int    strncasecmp(const char *, const char *, size_t);

The size_t type shall be defined through typedef as described in <stddef.h> .

The following sections are informative.

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<stddef.h> , the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, ffs(), strcasecmp(), strncasecmp()

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .