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INDEX(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  INDEX(3)

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 ('') 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 str- rchr(3) instead. SEE ALSO
memchr(3), strchr(3), string(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.44 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. GNU
2011-09-21 INDEX(3)

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INDEX(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  INDEX(3)

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 ('') 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 str- rchr(3) instead. SEE ALSO
memchr(3), strchr(3), string(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.44 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. GNU
2011-09-21 INDEX(3)
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