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.TH LIBSIMPLE_MEMSTARTS 3 libsimple
.SH NAME
libsimple_memstarts \- checks beginning of memory

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libsimple.h>

int libsimple_memstarts(const void *\fIs\fP, size_t \fIn\fP, const void *\fIt\fP, size_t \fIm\fP);

#ifndef memstarts
# define memstarts libsimple_memstarts
#endif
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR \-lsimple .

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libsimple_memstarts ()
function checks whether the
.I n
is at least as great as
.I m
and that the
.I m
first bytes of
.I s
is the same as the
.I m
first bytes of
.IR t .
.PP
The comparison is case-sensitive.

.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR libsimple_memstarts ()
function returns 1 if
.I s
begins with
.IR t ,
otherwise it returns 0.

.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libsimple_memstarts ()
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_memstarts ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_memstarts ()
T}	Async-signal safety	AS-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_memstarts ()
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_memcasestarts (3),
.BR libsimple_memends (3),
.BR libsimple_memmem (3),
.BR libsimple_strnstarts (3),
.BR libsimple_strstarts (3)