1INDEX(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  INDEX(3)
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NAME

6       index, rindex - locate character in string
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <strings.h>
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11       char *index(const char *s, int c);
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DESCRIPTION

16       The  index()  function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of the
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19       The rindex() function returns a pointer to the last occurrence  of  the
20       character c in the string s.
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22       The  terminating  NULL  character  is  considered  to  be a part of the
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RETURN VALUE

26       The index() and rindex() functions return  a  pointer  to  the  matched
27       character or NULL if the character is not found.
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CONFORMING TO

30       4.3BSD; marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001.
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SEE ALSO

33       memchr(3),  strchr(3),  strpbrk(3),  strrchr(3),  strsep(3), strspn(3),
34       strstr(3), strtok(3)
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38GNU                               1993-04-12                          INDEX(3)