NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strrchr, rindex - locate last occurrence of a character in a
string

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

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

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     The rindex() function is an old synonym for strrchr().

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strrchr() 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 strrchr(), p will point to the
string "obar":

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

           p = strrchr(s, 'o');

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

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

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      29,     1991