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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 HISTORY
libsimple 1.0

.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)