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INDEX(3) Linux Programmer's Manual INDEX(3)

NAME

index, rindex - locate character in string

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

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

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

DESCRIPTION

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

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

The terminating NULL character is considered to be a part of the strings.

RETURN VALUE

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

CONFORMING TO

BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

memchr(3), strchr(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)
April 12, 1993 GNU