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strpbrk()

Locate an occurrence of one string in another

Synopsis:

#include <string.h>

char* strpbrk( const char* str,
               const char* charset );

Library:

libc

Description:

The strpbrk() function locates the first occurrence in the string pointed to by str of any character from the string pointed to by charset.

Returns:

A pointer to the located character, or NULL if no character from charset occurs in str.

Examples:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main( void )
  {
    char* p = "Find all vowels";

    while( p != NULL ) {
      printf( "%s\n", p );
      p = strpbrk( p+1, "aeiouAEIOU" );
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
  }

produces the output:

Find all vowels
ind all vowels
all vowels
owels
els

Classification:

ANSI

Safety:
Cancellation point No
Interrupt handler Yes
Signal handler Yes
Thread Yes

See also:

strchr(), strrchr(), strtok()


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