Format
#include <string.h>
char *strchr(const char *string, int c);Language Level: ANSI
Threadsafe: Yes.
Locale Sensitive: The behavior of this function might be affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale. For more information, see Understanding CCSIDs and Locales.
Description
The strchr() function finds the first occurrence of a character in a string. The character c can be the null character (\0); the ending null character of string is included in the search.
The strchr() function operates on null-ended strings. The string arguments to the function should contain a null character (\0) that marks the end of the string.
Return Value
The strchr() function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of c that is converted to a character in string. The function returns NULL if the specified character is not found.
Example that uses strchr()
This example finds the first occurrence of the character "p" in "computer program".
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#define SIZE 40
int main(void)
{
char buffer1[SIZE] = "computer program";
char * ptr;
int ch = 'p';
ptr = strchr( buffer1, ch );
printf( "The first occurrence of %c in '%s' is '%s'\n",
ch, buffer1, ptr );
}
/***************** Output should be similar to: *****************
The first occurrence of p in 'computer program' is 'puter program'
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