strchr()

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Find the first occurrence of a character in a string

Synopsis:

#include <string.h>

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

Arguments:

s
The string that you want to search.
c
The character that you're looking for.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The strchr() function finds 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.

Returns:

A pointer to the located character, or NULL if c doesn't occur in the string.

Examples:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main( void )
{
    char buffer[80];
    char* where;

    strcpy( buffer, "video x-rays" );

    where = strchr( buffer, 'x' );

    if( where == NULL ) {
        printf( "'x' not found\n" );
    } else {
        printf( "'x' found: %s\n", where );
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Environment variables:

LIBC_STRINGS
On certain targets, you can use this environment variable to select the implementation of strchr(). The value is one of the strings given below.
  • for AArch64 targets:
    • aarch64_neon — optimized for AARCH64 targets using NEON
    • generic — the default

Classification:

ANSI, POSIX 1003.1

Safety:
Cancellation pointNo
Signal handlerYes
ThreadYes
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