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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Chris Torek.
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.\" from: @(#)ffs.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\" $NetBSD: ffs.3,v 1.13 2010/04/28 07:47:09 jruoho Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd April 28, 2010
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.Dt FFS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ffs
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.Nd find first bit set in a bit string
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In strings.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn ffs "int value"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn ffs
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function finds the first bit set in
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.Fa value
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and returns the index of that bit.
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Bits are numbered starting from 1, starting at the right-most
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bit.
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A return value of 0 means that the argument was zero.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr bitstring 3 ,
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.Xr ffs32 3 ,
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.Xr popcount 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn ffs
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn ffs
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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The prototype for it existed previously in the
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.In string.h
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header before it was moved to
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.In strings.h
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for
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.Tn POSIX
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compliance.
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