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PROLOG top

   This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
   Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
   corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
   the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME top

   string.h — string operations

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <string.h>

DESCRIPTION top

   Some of the functionality described on this reference page extends
   the ISO C standard. Applications shall define the appropriate
   feature test macro (see the System Interfaces volume of
   POSIX.1‐2017, _Section 2.2_, _The Compilation Environment_) to enable
   the visibility of these symbols in this header.

   The _<string.h>_ header shall define NULL and **size_t** as described in
   _<stddef.h>_.

   The _<string.h>_ header shall define the **locale_t** type as described
   in _<locale.h>_.

   The following shall be declared as functions and may also be
   defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided for use
   with ISO C standard compilers.

       void    *memccpy(void *restrict, const void *restrict, int, size_t);
       void    *memchr(const void *, int, size_t);
       int      memcmp(const void *, const void *, size_t);
       void    *memcpy(void *restrict, const void *restrict, size_t);
       void    *memmove(void *, const void *, size_t);
       void    *memset(void *, int, size_t);
       char    *stpcpy(char *restrict, const char *restrict);
       char    *stpncpy(char *restrict, const char *restrict, size_t);
       char    *strcat(char *restrict, const char *restrict);
       char    *strchr(const char *, int);
       int      strcmp(const char *, const char *);
       int      strcoll(const char *, const char *);
       int      strcoll_l(const char *, const char *, locale_t);
       char    *strcpy(char *restrict, const char *restrict);
       size_t   strcspn(const char *, const char *);
       char    *strdup(const char *);
       char    *strerror(int);
       char    *strerror_l(int, locale_t);
       int      strerror_r(int, char *, size_t);
       size_t   strlen(const char *);
       char    *strncat(char *restrict, const char *restrict, size_t);
       int      strncmp(const char *, const char *, size_t);
       char    *strncpy(char *restrict, const char *restrict, size_t);
       char    *strndup(const char *, size_t);
       size_t   strnlen(const char *, size_t);
       char    *strpbrk(const char *, const char *);
       char    *strrchr(const char *, int);
       char    *strsignal(int);
       size_t   strspn(const char *, const char *);
       char    *strstr(const char *, const char *);
       char    *strtok(char *restrict, const char *restrict);
       char    *strtok_r(char *restrict, const char *restrict, char **restrict);
       size_t   strxfrm(char *restrict, const char *restrict, size_t);
       size_t   strxfrm_l(char *restrict, const char *restrict,
                    size_t, locale_t);

   Inclusion of the _<string.h>_ header may also make visible all
   symbols from _<stddef.h>_.

   _The following sections are informative._

APPLICATION USAGE top

   None.

RATIONALE top

   None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

   None.

SEE ALSO top

   [locale.h(0p)](../man0/locale.h.0p.html), [stddef.h(0p)](../man0/stddef.h.0p.html), [sys_types.h(0p)](../man0/sys%5Ftypes.h.0p.html)

   The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2017, _Section 2.2_, _The_
   _Compilation Environment_, [memccpy(3p)](../man3/memccpy.3p.html), [memchr(3p)](../man3/memchr.3p.html), [memcmp(3p)](../man3/memcmp.3p.html),
   [memcpy(3p)](../man3/memcpy.3p.html), [memmove(3p)](../man3/memmove.3p.html), [memset(3p)](../man3/memset.3p.html), [strcat(3p)](../man3/strcat.3p.html), [strchr(3p)](../man3/strchr.3p.html),
   [strcmp(3p)](../man3/strcmp.3p.html), [strcoll(3p)](../man3/strcoll.3p.html), [strcpy(3p)](../man3/strcpy.3p.html), [strcspn(3p)](../man3/strcspn.3p.html), [strdup(3p)](../man3/strdup.3p.html),
   [strerror(3p)](../man3/strerror.3p.html), [strlen(3p)](../man3/strlen.3p.html), [strncat(3p)](../man3/strncat.3p.html), [strncmp(3p)](../man3/strncmp.3p.html), [strncpy(3p)](../man3/strncpy.3p.html),
   [strpbrk(3p)](../man3/strpbrk.3p.html), [strrchr(3p)](../man3/strrchr.3p.html), [strsignal(3p)](../man3/strsignal.3p.html), [strspn(3p)](../man3/strspn.3p.html), [strstr(3p)](../man3/strstr.3p.html),
   [strtok(3p)](../man3/strtok.3p.html), [strxfrm(3p)](../man3/strxfrm.3p.html)

COPYRIGHT top

   Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
   form  from  IEEE  Std  1003.1-2017,   Standard   for   Information
   Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System Interface (POSIX), The
   Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7,  2018  Edition,  Copyright
   (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
   Inc  and  The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between
   this version and the original IEEE and The  Open  Group  Standard,
   the  original  IEEE  and  The  Open  Group Standard is the referee
   document.  The  original  Standard  can  be  obtained  online   at
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