SDL_strchr(3)

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_strchr — bestie, this is the one that searches a string for the first instance of a specific byte 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h>

char * SDL_strchr(const char *str, int c);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the vibe: you hand it a string, it goes looking, and it stops the second it finds the byte you asked for — or the second it hits a null terminator byte, which is the string saying "that's it, we're done here" 🛑

⚠️ and this is the important part, bestie, do not skip this: it looks for bytes, not characters. so if you're trying to match a Unicode codepoint that's > 255, it's not gonna happen — doesn't matter what character encoding you're rolling with. it's giving byte-level only, periodt 💀

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🫶 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🫶

• str — the string to search. Must not be NULL. like, actually must not. no cap 🙈
• c — the byte value to search for ✨

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

Returns a pointer to the first instance of c in the string, or NULL if it's not found 🌈

so if you get NULL back, that byte simply was not there. she looked. she didn't find it. respect the process 💜

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

It is safe to call this function from any thread 🎉 go off, multithreaded queen, no locking drama here 💅

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0 🦋

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! literally iconic behavior from a tiny little byte-searcher 🍓 this was SDL_strchr(3) from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS crew — brought to you by Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18 💖 mwah, go find your bytes 👑