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 byte ('\0') 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.

ATTRIBUTES

Multithreading (see pthreads(7))

The index() and rindex() functions are thread-safe.

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.

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COLOPHON

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