mes-m2/lib/string/memmem.c

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#include <string.h>

/** locate a substring. #memmem# finds the first occurrence of
    #needle# in #haystack#.  This is not ANSI-C.

    The prototype is not in accordance with the Linux Programmer's
    Manual v1.15, but it is with /usr/include/string.h   */

unsigned char *
_memmem (unsigned char const *haystack, int haystack_len, unsigned char const *needle, int needle_len)
{
  unsigned char const *end_haystack = haystack + haystack_len - needle_len + 1;
  unsigned char const *end_needle = needle + needle_len;

  /* Ahhh ... Some minimal lowlevel stuff. This *is* nice; Varation
     is the spice of life */
  while (haystack < end_haystack)
    {
      unsigned char const *subneedle = needle;
      unsigned char const *subhaystack = haystack;
      while (subneedle < end_needle)
        if (*subneedle++ != *subhaystack++)
          goto next;

      /* Completed the needle.  Gotcha.  */
      return (unsigned char *) haystack;
    next:
      haystack++;
    }
  return 0;
}

void *
memmem (void const *haystack, int haystack_len, void const *needle, int needle_len)
{
  unsigned char const *haystack_byte_c = (unsigned char const *) haystack;
  unsigned char const *needle_byte_c = (unsigned char const *) needle;
  return _memmem (haystack_byte_c, haystack_len, needle_byte_c, needle_len);
}