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.TH LIBSIMPLE_STRNREPLACE 3 2018-11-25 libsimple
.SH NAME
libsimple_strnreplace \- replace characters in a string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libsimple.h>

static inline char *libsimple_strnreplace(char *\fIs\fP, int \fIold\fP, int \fInew\fP, size_t \fIn\fP);

#ifndef strnreplace
# define strnreplace libsimple_strnreplace
#endif
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR \-lsimple .
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libsimple_strnreplace ()
function replaces all instances of the character
.I old
(it is converted to a
.BR char )
in the string
.I s
with the character
.IR new ,
up to the
.I n th
character (up the last character
.I s
is shorter).
.PP
The comparison is case-sensitive.
.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR libsimple_strnreplace ()
function returns the end of
.IR s ,
that is
.I &s[strnlen(s,n)]
(as evaluated before the function call).
.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libsimple_strnreplace ()
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_strnreplace ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_strnreplace ()
T}	Async-signal safety	AS-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_strnreplace ()
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_strntolower (3),
.BR libsimple_strntoupper (3),
.BR libsimple_strreplace (3),
.BR libsimple_memreplace (3)