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30.Dd February 17, 2007
31.Dt STRINGS 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm bcmp ,
35.Nm bcopy ,
36.Nm bzero ,
37.Nm ffs ,
38.Nm index ,
39.Nm rindex ,
40.Nm strcasecmp ,
41.Nm strncasecmp
42.Nd string operations
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In strings.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn bcmp "const void *b1" "const void *b2" "size_t len"
49.Ft void
50.Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
51.Ft void
52.Fn bzero "void *b" "size_t len"
53.Ft int
54.Fn ffs "int value"
55.Ft char *
56.Fn index "const char *s" "int c"
57.Ft char *
58.Fn rindex "const char *s" "int c"
59.Ft int
60.Fn strcasecmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2"
61.Ft int
62.Fn strncasecmp "const char *s1" "const char *s2" "size_t len"
63.Sh DESCRIPTION
64These functions all live in the
65.Pa strings.h
66header file.
67Except for
68.Fn ffs ,
69they operate on strings.
70.Fn index ,
71.Fn rindex ,
72and
73.Fn strcasecmp
74need nul-terminated strings.
75.Pp
76See the specific manual pages for more information.
77.Pp
78See
79.Xr string 3
80for string functions that follow
81.St -ansiC
82or
83.St -isoC-99 ,
84.Xr bstring 3
85for functions that operate on strings that are not nul-terminated, and
86.Xr bitstring 3
87for bit-string manipulation macros.
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr bcmp 3 ,
90.Xr bcopy 3 ,
91.Xr bitstring 3 ,
92.Xr bstring 3 ,
93.Xr bzero 3 ,
94.Xr ffs 3 ,
95.Xr index 3 ,
96.Xr rindex 3 ,
97.Xr strcasecmp 3 ,
98.Xr string 3
99