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--- Libc/Libc-763.13/string/ffs.3
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@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
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+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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@@ -28,51 +32,29 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)ffs.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/ffs.3,v 1.13 2009/01/13 13:19:42 kib Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/ffs.3,v 1.5 2001/10/01 16:09:00 ru Exp $
.\"
-.Dd October 26, 2008
+.Dd April 19, 1994
.Dt FFS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm ffs ,
-.Nm ffsl ,
-.Nm fls ,
-.Nm flsl
-.Nd find first or last bit set in a bit string
+.Nm ffs
+.Nd find first bit set in a bit string
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.In strings.h
+.In string.h
.Ft int
-.Fn ffs "int i"
-.Ft int
-.Fn ffsl "long i"
-.Ft int
-.Fn fls "int i"
-.Ft int
-.Fn flsl "long i"
+.Fn ffs "int value"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn ffs
-and
-.Fn ffsl
-functions find the first bit set
-(beginning with the least significant bit)
-in
-.Fa i
-and return the index of that bit.
-.Pp
-The
-.Fn fls
-and
-.Fn flsl
-functions find the last bit set in
-.Fa i
-and return the index of that bit.
-.Pp
-Bits are numbered starting at 1 (the least significant bit).
-A return value of zero from any of these functions means that the
-argument was zero.
+function finds the first bit set in
+.Fa value
+and returns the index of that bit.
+Bits are numbered starting from 1, starting at the right-most
+bit.
+A return value of 0 means that the argument was zero.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bitstring 3
.Sh HISTORY
@@ -80,18 +62,3 @@
.Fn ffs
function appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .
-Its prototype existed previously in
-.In string.h
-before it was moved to
-.In strings.h
-for
-.St -p1003.1-2001
-compliance.
-.Pp
-The
-.Fn ffsl ,
-.Fn fls ,
-and
-.Fn flsl
-functions appeared in
-.Fx 5.3 .