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wcsstr(3)						     Library Functions Manual							 wcsstr(3)

NAME
wcsstr - Finds a wide-character substring LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc) SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h> wchar_t *wcsstr( const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2); STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: wcsstr(): XSH5.0 Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. PARAMETERS
Specifies the wide-character string being searched. Specifies the wide-character substring to be located. DESCRIPTION
The wcsstr() function locates the first occurrence in the wide-character string pointed to by the s1 parameter of the sequence of wide characters in the wide-character string pointed to by the s2 parameter, excluding the terminating null wide character. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the wcsstr() function returns a pointer to the located wide-character substring or a null pointer when the sub- string is not found. If the s2 parameter points to a wide-character substring having 0 (zero) length, the wcsstr() function returns the entire wide-character string pointed to by parameter s1. [Tru64 UNIX] On error, the function returns a null pointer. RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: strstr(3), wcswcs(3) Standards: standards(5) delim off wcsstr(3)

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wcswcs(3)						     Library Functions Manual							 wcswcs(3)

NAME
wcswcs - Searches for a substring in a wide-character string. LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc) SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h> wchar_t *wcswcs( const wchar_t *wcstring1, const wchar_t *wcstring2); STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: wcswcs(): XSH5.0 The wcswcs() function, although included in Issue 4 and later versions of the XSH specification, is not included in the ISO C standard. Application developers are strongly encouraged to use wcsstr(), which is included in both XSH Issue 5 and the ISO C standard. Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. PARAMETERS
Points to the wide-character string being searched. Points to the wide-character string to be located. DESCRIPTION
The wcswcs() function locates the first occurrence of a wide-character string in another wide-character string. The function locates the first occurrence in the string pointed to by the wcstring1 parameter of the sequence of wchar_t characters (excluding the terminating null wide character) in the string pointed to by the wcstring2 parameter. RETURN VALUES
The wcswcs() function returns a pointer to the located wide-character string or a null pointer if the wide-character string is not found. If the wcstring2 parameter points to a wide-character string with zero length, the function returns the wcstring1 parameter. RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: strstr(3), wcschr(3), wcspbrk(3), wcsstr(3) Standards: standards(5) delim off wcswcs(3)
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