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/****************************************************************************
 * lib/lib_strstr.c
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2009 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
 *   Author: Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr>
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/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/

#include <nuttx/config.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <string.h>

/****************************************************************************
 * Global Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

char *strstr(const char *str, const char *substr)
{
  const char *candidate;  /* Candidate in str with matching start character */
  char         ch;        /* First character of the substring */
  int          len;       /* The length of the substring */

  /* Special case the empty substring */

  len = strlen(substr);
  ch  = *substr;

  if (!ch)
    {
      /* We'll say that an empty substring matches at the beginning of
       * the string
       */

      return (char*)str;
    }

  /* Search for the substring */

  candidate = str;
  for (;;)
    {
      /* strchr() will return a pointer to the next occurrence of the
       * character ch in the string
       */

      candidate = strchr(candidate, ch);
      if (!candidate || strlen(candidate) < len)
        {
           /* First character of the substring does not appear in the string
            * or the remainder of the string is not long enough to contain the
            * substring.
            */

           return NULL;
        }

      /* Check if this is the beginning of a matching substring */

      if (strncmp(candidate, substr, len) == 0)
        {
           return (char*)candidate;
        }

      /* No, find the next candidate after this one */

      candidate++;
    }

  /* Won't get here, but some compilers might complain */

  return NULL;
}