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| .TH FFS 3 2016-03-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| ffs, ffsl, ffsll \- find first bit set in a word |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <strings.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "int ffs(int " i ); |
| .sp |
| .B #include <string.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "int ffsl(long int " i ); |
| .sp |
| .BI "int ffsll(long long int " i ); |
| .fi |
| .sp |
| .in -4n |
| Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see |
| .BR feature_test_macros (7)): |
| .in |
| .PD 0 |
| .ad l |
| .sp |
| .BR ffs (): |
| .RS 4 |
| .TP 4 |
| Since glibc 2.12: |
| _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200809L |
| || /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE |
| || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE |
| .TP |
| Before glibc 2.12: |
| none |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| .BR ffsl (), |
| .BR ffsll (): |
| .RS 4 |
| _GNU_SOURCE |
| .RE |
| .ad |
| .PD |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .BR ffs () |
| function returns the position of the first |
| (least significant) bit set in the word \fIi\fP. |
| The least significant bit is position 1 and the |
| most significant position is, for example, 32 or 64. |
| The functions |
| .BR ffsll () |
| and |
| .BR ffsl () |
| do the same but take |
| arguments of possibly different size. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| These functions return the position of the first bit set, |
| or 0 if no bits are set in |
| .IR i . |
| .SH ATTRIBUTES |
| For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see |
| .BR attributes (7). |
| .TS |
| allbox; |
| lbw22 lb lb |
| l l l. |
| Interface Attribute Value |
| T{ |
| .BR ffs (), |
| .BR ffsl (), |
| .BR ffsll () |
| T} Thread safety MT-Safe |
| .TE |
| .SH CONFORMING TO |
| .BR ffs (): |
| POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD. |
| |
| The |
| .BR ffsl () |
| and |
| .BR ffsll () |
| functions are glibc extensions. |
| .SH NOTES |
| BSD systems have a prototype in |
| .IR <string.h> . |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR memchr (3) |