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.TH LIBSIMPLE_MEMRMEM 3 2018-10-20 libsimple
.SH NAME
libsimple_memrmem \- find byte string in memory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libsimple.h>

void *libsimple_memrmem(const void *haystack, size_t nhaystack, const void *needle, size_t nneedle);

#ifndef memrmem
# define memrmem libsimple_memrmem
#endif
.fi

Link with
.IR \-lsimple .
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libsimple_memrmem ()
function scans the memory segment
.IR haystack ,
with the size
.IR nhaystack ,
for the last occurence of the byte string
.I needle
with the size
.IR nneedle .
.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR libsimple_memrmem ()
function returns the pointer
.I s
with a maximal offset such that
.IR !memcmp(r,needle,nneedle) ,
where
.I r
is the returned pointer.
If no such offset exists,
.B NULL
is returned.
.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libsimple_memrmem ()
function cannot fail.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR libsimple_memrmem ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_memrmem ()
T}	Async-signal safety	AS-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_memrmem ()
T}	Async-cancel safety	AC-Safe
.TE
.SH EXAMPLES
None.
.SH APPLICATION USAGE
None.
.SH RATIONALE
None.
.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
.SH NOTES
None.
.SH BUGS
None.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libsimple_memmem (3),
.BR libsimple_memrchr (3)