The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2003 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

NAME

wcswcs - find a wide substring (LEGACY)

SYNOPSIS

[XSI] [Option Start] #include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *wcswcs(const wchar_t *
ws1, const wchar_t *ws2); [Option End]

DESCRIPTION

The wcswcs() function shall locate the first occurrence in the wide-character string pointed to by ws1 of the sequence of wide-character codes (excluding the terminating null wide-character code) in the wide-character string pointed to by ws2.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, wcswcs() shall return a pointer to the located wide-character string or a null pointer if the wide-character string is not found.

If ws2 points to a wide-character string with zero length, the function shall return ws1.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.


The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

This function was not included in the final ISO/IEC 9899:1990/Amendment 1:1995 (E). Application developers are strongly encouraged to use the wcsstr() function instead.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

This function may be withdrawn in a future version.

SEE ALSO

wcschr() , wcsstr() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <wchar.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4. Derived from the MSE working draft.

Issue 5

Marked EX.

Issue 6

This function is marked LEGACY.

End of informative text.


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