NAME

strstr - locate a substring

strstr, strcasestr - locate a substring

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

Header Files

#include <cs50.h>
#include <string.h>

Prototype

string strstr(string haystack, string needle);

#include <string.h>
char *strstr(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <string.h>
char *strcasestr(const char *haystack, const char *needle);

DESCRIPTION

This function searches haystack for (the first occurrence of) needle. In other words, it determines whether (and where) needle is a substring of haystack.

The strstr() function finds the first occurrence of the substring needle in the string haystack. The terminating null bytes ('\0') are not compared.

The strcasestr() function is like strstr(), but ignores the case of both arguments.

RETURN VALUE

If needle is found in haystack, this function returns the substring of haystack that begins with needle. (For instance, if haystack is "foo bar bar baz" and needle is "bar", this function returns "bar bar baz".) If needle is not found in haystack, this function returns NULL.

These functions return a pointer to the beginning of the located substring, or NULL if the substring is not found.

If needle is the empty string, the return value is always haystack itself.

EXAMPLE

#include <cs50.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    string haystack = "foo bar bar baz";
    string needle = "bar";

    string match = strstr(haystack, needle);
    if (match)
    {
        printf("%s\n", match);
    }
}

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
strstr()	Thread safety	MT-Safe
strcasestr()	Thread safety	MT-Safe locale

STANDARDS

strstr(): C11, POSIX.1-2008.
strcasestr(): GNU.

HISTORY

strstr(): POSIX.1-2001, C89.
strcasestr(): GNU.