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The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
Copyright © 2001-2008 The IEEE and The Open Group

NAME

strchr - string scanning operation

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

[CX] [Option Start] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard. [Option End]

The strchr() function shall locate the first occurrence of c (converted to a char) in the string pointed to by s. The terminating NUL character is considered to be part of the string.

RETURN VALUE

Upon completion, strchr() shall return a pointer to the byte, or a null pointer if the byte was not found.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

strrchr

XBD <string.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.

Issue 6

Extensions beyond the ISO C standard are marked.

End of informative text.

 

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