Format
#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wcsstr(const wchar_t *wcs1, const wchar_t *wcs2);Language Level: ANSI
Threadsafe: Yes.
Wide Character Function: See Wide Characters for more information.
Description
The wcsstr() function locates the first occurrence of wcs2 in wcs1.
Return Value
The wcsstr() function returns a pointer to the beginning of the first occurrence of wcs2 in wcs1. If wcs2 does not appear in wcs1, the wcsstr() function returns NULL. If wcs2 points to a wide-character string with zero length, it returns wcs1.
Example that uses wcsstr()
This example uses the wcsstr() function to find the first occurrence of "hay" in the wide-character string "needle in a haystack".
#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>
int main(void)
{
wchar_t *wcs1 = L"needle in a haystack";
wchar_t *wcs2 = L"hay";
printf("result: \"%ls\"\n", wcsstr(wcs1, wcs2));
return 0;
/***********************************************
The output should be similar to:
result: "haystack"
***********************************************/
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