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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1999-10-04 05:13:05 +0000
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1999-10-04 Roland McGrath <roland@baalperazim.frob.com>
	* sysdeps/generic/memrchr.c: New file, adapted from memchr.c.
	* sysdeps/i386/bits/string.h (__memrchr): New function.
	* string/string.h: Declare memrchr, __memrchr.
	* manual/string.texi (Search Functions): Document memrchr.
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@@ -1063,6 +1063,13 @@ located byte, or a null pointer if no match was found.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @comment string.h
+@comment GNU
+@deftypefun {void *} memrchr (const void *@var{block}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{size})
+The function @code{memrchr} is like @code{memchr}, except that it searches
+backwards from the end of the block defined by @var{block} and @var{size}
+(instead of forwards from the front).
+
+@comment string.h
 @comment ISO
 @deftypefun {char *} strchr (const char *@var{string}, int @var{c})
 The @code{strchr} function finds the first occurrence of the character