STROVERLAP(3pub)

💖 STROVERLAP(3pub) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the C Programmer's Manual, and it's literally about one tiny little function that does one tiny little thing. but that thing is IMPORTANT. sit down, grab a boba, let's go 🧋✨

✨ NAME ✨

stroverlap — check whether two strings overlap

like. do these two strings live in the same spot in memory. yes or no. that's the whole vibe check 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <publib.h>
int stroverlap(const char *s, const char *t);

she takes two strings, s and t, and she gives you back an int. iconic behavior honestly 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea 🍓: stroverlap checks whether the storage used by two strings overlap — like, are they even partially stored in the same place in memory?

that's it. that's the function. she's not doing anything else. no cap.

think of it like two besties trying to sit in the same seat at lunch. if even a lil bit of them is squished into the same spot, that's an overlap, and stroverlap will clock it immediately 👑

✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

• 0 — nope, no overlap, they're living their separate lives, healthy boundaries, we love to see it 🫶
• nonzero — any overlap at all, even a tiny one, and she will tell you. partial counts. partial ALWAYS counts 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• publib(3)
• memoverlap(3)

(sibling energy fr fr 🌸)

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi) — king behavior, we stan 👑

and that's the whole page bestie!! this was STROVERLAP(3pub) from the Publib C Programmer's Manual, so if you ever need to know whether two strings are lowkey sharing a memory address, you know exactly who to call 💖✨🎀 go forth and overlap responsibly 🦋