diff -r fa8b745be7b5 -r 2bc19726c340 ucx/string.c
--- a/ucx/string.c	Mon Oct 26 14:09:45 2015 +0100
+++ b/ucx/string.c	Tue Oct 27 15:29:34 2015 +0100
@@ -175,6 +175,24 @@
     return n;
 }
 
+sstr_t sstrstr(sstr_t string, sstr_t match) {
+    if (match.length == 0) {
+        return string;
+    }
+    
+    for (size_t i = 0 ; i < string.length ; i++) {
+        sstr_t substr = sstrsubs(string, i);
+        if (sstrprefix(substr, match)) {
+            return substr;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    sstr_t emptystr;
+    emptystr.length = 0;
+    emptystr.ptr = NULL;
+    return emptystr;
+}
+
 sstr_t* sstrsplit(sstr_t s, sstr_t d, ssize_t *n) {
     return sstrsplit_a(ucx_default_allocator(), s, d, n);
 }
@@ -201,23 +219,13 @@
     }
 
     for (size_t i = 0 ; i < s.length ; i++) {
-        if (sv.ptr[i] == d.ptr[0]) {
-            _Bool match = 1;
-            for (size_t j = 1 ; j < d.length ; j++) {
-                if (j+i < s.length) {
-                    match &= (sv.ptr[i+j] == d.ptr[j]);
-                } else {
-                    match = 0;
-                    break;
-                }
+        sstr_t substr = sstrsubs(sv, i);
+        if (sstrprefix(substr, d)) {
+            (*n)++;
+            for (size_t j = 0 ; j < d.length ; j++) {
+                sv.ptr[i+j] = 0;
             }
-            if (match) {
-                (*n)++;
-                for (size_t j = 0 ; j < d.length ; j++) {
-                    sv.ptr[i+j] = 0;
-                }
-                i += d.length - 1; // -1, because the loop will do a i++
-            }
+            i += d.length - 1; // -1, because the loop will do a i++
         }
         if ((*n) == nmax) break;
     }