# std::wmemchr

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Defined in header `<cwchar>` |  |
const wchar_t* wmemchr( const wchar_t* ptr, wchar_t ch, std::size_t count ); |  |
wchar_t* wmemchr( wchar_t* ptr, wchar_t ch, std::size_t count ); |  |

Locates the first occurrence of wide character `ch` in the initial `count` wide characters of the wide character array pointed to by `ptr`.

If `count` is zero, the function returns a null pointer.

### Parameters

ptr | - | pointer to the wide character array to be examined
ch | - | wide character to search for
count | - | number of wide characters to examine

### Return value

Pointer to the location of the wide character, or a null pointer if no such character is found.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <cwchar>
    #include <clocale>
    #include <locale>

    int main()
    {
        const wchar_t str[] = L"诺不轻信，故人不负我\0诺不轻许，故我不负人。";
        wchar_t target = L'许';
        const std::size_t sz = sizeof str / sizeof *str;
        if (const wchar_t* result = std::wmemchr(str, target, sz)) {
            std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8");
            std::wcout.imbue(std::locale("en_US.utf8"));
            std::wcout << "Found '" << target
                       << "' at position " << result - str << "\n";
        }
    }

Possible output:

    Found '许' at position 14

### See also

memchr | searches an array for the first occurrence of a character (function)
strchr | finds the first occurrence of a character (function)
wcschr | finds the first occurrence of a wide character in a wide string (function)
find find_if find_if_not (C++11) | finds the first element satisfying specific criteria (function template)

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