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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 occur-
rence of the character c in the string s.
The rindex() function returns a pointer to the last occur-
rence 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)
GNU April 12, 1993 1
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