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Linux / Unix Command: wcsstr
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NAME

wcsstr - locate a substring in a wide-character string  

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *wcsstr(const wchar_t *haystack, const wchar_t *needle);
 

DESCRIPTION

The wcsstr function is the wide-character equivalent of the strstr function. It searches for the first occurrence of the wide-character string needle (without its terminating L'\0' character) as a substring in the wide-character string haystack.  

RETURN VALUE

The wcsstr function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of needle in haystack. It returns NULL if needle does not occur as a substring in haystack.

Note the special case: If needle is the empty wide-character string, the return value is always haystack itself.  

CONFORMING TO

ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98  

SEE ALSO

strstr(3), wcschr(3)


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

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