Linux / Unix Command: strrchr

Command Library

NAME

strchr, strrchr - locate character in string  

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

char *strchr(const char *s, int c);

char *strrchr(const char *s, int c);

 

DESCRIPTION

The strchr() function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of the character c in the string s.

The strrchr() function returns a pointer to the last occurrence of the character c in the string s.

Here "character" means "byte" - these functions do not work with wide or multi-byte characters.  

RETURN VALUE

The strchr() and strrchr() functions return a pointer to the matched character or NULL if the character is not found.  

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899  

SEE ALSO

index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strpbrk(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)

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