missing/strstr.c

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/* public domain rewrite of strstr(3) */

char *
strstr(const char *haystack, const char *needle)
{
    const char *hend;
    const char *a, *b;

    if (*needle == 0) return (char *)haystack;
    hend = haystack + strlen(haystack) - strlen(needle) + 1;
    while (haystack < hend) {
        if (*haystack == *needle) {
            a = haystack;
            b = needle;
            for (;;) {
                if (*b == 0) return (char *)haystack;
                if (*a++ != *b++) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        haystack++;
    }
    return 0;
}