rindex(3) [redhat man page]

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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 character 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

       BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

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

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       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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