WCSSTR(3) | Library Functions Manual | WCSSTR(3)

# NAME

`wcsstr` — locate a wide substring in a wide string

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <wchar.h>`

wchar_t *
`wcsstr`(const wchar_t *big, const wchar_t *little);

# DESCRIPTION

The `wcsstr`() function locates the first occurrence of the wide string little in the wide string big.

If little is an empty wide string, big is returned; if little occurs nowhere in big, `NULL` is returned; otherwise a pointer to the first wide character of the first occurrence of little is returned.

# SEE ALSO

strstr(3), wcschr(3), wcscspn(3), wcspbrk(3), wcsrchr(3), wcsspn(3), wcstok(3), wmemchr(3)

# STANDARDS

The `wcsstr`() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”) and was first introduced in ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (“ISO C90, Amendment 1”).

# HISTORY

The `wcsstr`() function was ported from NetBSD and first appeared in OpenBSD 3.8.

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