rindex(3) - Linux man page

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 (aq\0aq) 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

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)

Referenced By

strrstr(3), strtok_r(3)