NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strchr, index - locate first occurrence of a character in  a
string

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

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

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  strchr()  function  locates the first occurrence of the
character c in
     the string s.  The terminating NUL character  is  considered
part of the
     string.   If c is ` ', strchr() locates the terminating ` '.

     The index() function is an old synonym for strchr().

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strchr() function returns a pointer to the located character or NULL
     if the character does not appear in the string.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     After  the  following  call to strchr(), p will point to the
string "oobar":

           char *p;
           char *s = "foobar";

           p = strchr(s, 'o');

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     memchr(3), strcspn(3),  strpbrk(3),  strrchr(3),  strsep(3),
strspn(3),
     strstr(3), strtok(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The  strchr()  function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI
C'').

     The index() function is deprecated and shouldn't be used  in
new code.

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      29,     1991