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Linux / Unix Command: strpbrk
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NAME

strpbrk - search a string for any of a set of characters  

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

char *strpbrk(const char *s, const char *accept);
 

DESCRIPTION

The strpbrk() function locates the first occurrence in the string s of any of the characters in the string accept.  

RETURN VALUE

The strpbrk() function returns a pointer to the character in s that matches one of the characters in accept, or NULL if no such character is found.  

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899  

SEE ALSO

index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)


Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.

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