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<h3 class="section">5.9 <code>memmem</code>&mdash;find memory segment</h3>
<p><a name="index-memmem-378"></a><strong>Synopsis</strong>
<pre class="example"> #include &lt;string.h&gt;
char *memmem(const void *<var>s1</var>, size_t <var>l1</var>, const void *<var>s2</var>,
size_t <var>l2</var>);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
<p>Locates the first occurrence in the memory region pointed to
by <var>s1</var> with length <var>l1</var> of the sequence of bytes pointed
to by <var>s2</var> of length <var>l2</var>. If you already know the
lengths of your haystack and needle, <code>memmem</code> can be much
faster than <code>strstr</code>.
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<strong>Returns</strong><br>
Returns a pointer to the located segment, or a null pointer if
<var>s2</var> is not found. If <var>l2</var> is 0, <var>s1</var> is returned.
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<strong>Portability</strong><br>
<code>memmem</code> is a newlib extension.
<p><code>memmem</code> requires no supporting OS subroutines.
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