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36.\"     @(#)strchr.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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39.Dd April 19, 1994
40.Dt STRCHR 3
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm strchr , strrchr
44.Nd locate character in string
45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libc
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In string.h
49.Ft "char *"
50.Fn strchr "const char *s" "int c"
51.Ft "char *"
52.Fn strrchr "const char *s" "int c"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Fn strchr
56function locates the first occurrence of
57.Fa c
58(converted to a
59.Vt char )
60in the string pointed to by
61.Fa s .
62The terminating null character is considered part of the string;
63therefore if
64.Fa c
65is
66.Ql \e0 ,
67the functions locate the terminating
68.Ql \e0 .
69.Pp
70The
71.Fn strrchr
72function is identical to
73.Fn strchr
74except it locates the last occurrence of
75.Fa c .
76.Sh RETURN VALUES
77The functions
78.Fn strchr
79and
80.Fn strrchr
81return a pointer to the located character, or
82.Dv NULL
83if the character does not appear in the string.
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr memchr 3 ,
86.Xr memmem 3 ,
87.Xr strcspn 3 ,
88.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
89.Xr strsep 3 ,
90.Xr strspn 3 ,
91.Xr strstr 3 ,
92.Xr strtok 3
93.Sh STANDARDS
94The functions
95.Fn strchr
96and
97.Fn strrchr
98conform to
99.St -isoC .
100