C strstr() Function

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C strstr() Function

The strstr() function determines the first occurrence of a given string in another string.

Example

C Compiler
#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main() { char str1[] = "wikimass is awesome and is good"; char str2[] = "is"; char *ret; ret = strstr(str1, str2); printf("substring: %s", ret); return 0; }

Output

substring: is awesome and is good

Syntax

char *strstr(char *str1, char *str2)

Parameter Values

ValueTypeExplanation
str1RequiredSpecifies the string 1
str2RequiredSpecifies the string 2

Return Value

ValueExplanation
AddressReturns the pointer location from where the second string starts in the first string.
NULLIf the second string was not found in the first string.

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