The strstr() function in C is used to parse and locate the occurrence of a substring in a string. It is defined in the string.h header file.

This short tutorial will show you how to use C’s strstr() function to locate a set substring.

Basic Usage

The syntax for the strstr() function is:

char* strstr(char *str, const char *substr);

The function accepts two arguments: str and the substring. The function then searches for the occurrence of the substr in the string pointed by the str.

NOTE: The function does not include the terminating null characters but stops the search at their first occurrence.

Return Value

If it finds the occurrence of the substring, the function returns a pointer to the first character of the substring. If it does not find the searched substring, the function returns a null pointer.

Strstr() Function Example

The following simple example illustrates how the function works.

#include

#include

int main() {


    char str[] = “Hello From LinuxHint Team”;


    char substr[] = “LinuxHint”;


    char *i;

    i = strstr(str, substr);

    if (i != NULL) {


        printf(“Substring located! %sn“, i);


    }


    else {


        printf(“Substring not located!”);


    }


    return 0;

}

If we run the code above, we should get an output shown:

Substring located!


LinuxHint Team

Conclusion

That is it for the strstr() function in C. Check out other C tutorials to learn more.

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