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.TH memrchr 3 2026-08-10 "Linux man-pages 6.19"
.SH NAME
memrchr \- memory rear-search character
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR #define\~_GNU_SOURCE "  // See feature_test_macros(7)"
.BR #include\~<string.h> "  // see memory.h(3head)"
.P
.BR void\~*memrchr( size_t\~n;
.BI "              const void " s [ n "], int " c ", size_t " n );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR memrchr ()
is like
.BR memchr (3),
except that it searches backward from the end of the
.I n
bytes pointed to by
.I s
instead of forward from the beginning.
.SH RETURN VALUE
See
.BR memchr (3).
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR memrchr ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.SH STANDARDS
GNU.
.SH HISTORY
glibc 2.2.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR memory.h (3head),
.BR memchr (3)