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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2014-04-01
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NAME
index, rindex - locate character in string
SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.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 byte ('\0') 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.
ATTRIBUTES
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
index()
and
rindex()
functions are thread-safe.
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD; marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001.
POSIX.1-2008 removes the specifications of
index()
and
rindex(),
recommending
strchr(3)
and
strrchr(3)
instead.
SEE ALSO
memchr(3),
strchr(3),
string(3),
strpbrk(3),
strrchr(3),
strsep(3),
strspn(3),
strstr(3),
strtok(3)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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