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

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.25 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                                                        2009-03-15                                                   INDEX(3)