memchr(9)

💖 memchr(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the memchr(9) page — yes, the manual name is literally memchr(9), and this is the Kernel API Manual section. Let’s get into it 🫶✨

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✨ NAME ✨

memchr — find a character in an area of memory 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void * memchr (const void *s , int c , size_t n );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• s — the memory area 🧚
• c — the byte to search for 🔍
• n — the size of the area 📏

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here’s the tea ☕: it returns the address of the first occurrence of c, or NULL if c is not found. that’s it, that’s the vibe — no cap 💀✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./lib/string.c — and the whole iconic friend group 💖:

• strncasecmp(9)
• stpcpy(9)
• strcmp(9)
• strncmp(9)
• strchr(9)
• strchrnul(9)
• strnchrnul(9)
• strrchr(9)
• strnchr(9)
• strspn(9)
• strcspn(9)
• strpbrk(9)
• strsep(9)
• memset(9)
• memset16(9)
• memset32(9)
• memset64(9)
• memcpy(9)
• memmove(9)
• memcmp(9)
• bcmp(9)
• memscan(9)
• strstr(9)
• strnstr(9)
• memchr_inv(9)

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made with 💖 from source/version ./lib, dated October 2026, and the memchr(9) manual — bye bestie, slay your memory searches 🫶✨🎀