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<li><b>strchr</b> will find the first matching character in a string.<br>
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<li><b>strrchr</b> will find the last matching character in a string.<p>
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The functions will return a pointer to the character or
<a href=../SYNTAX/null.html>NULL</a> if
the character is not found.
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Library: string.h
Prototype: char * strchr(const char *string, int character);
Syntax: int character='w';
char *string="red dwarf";
if(strchr(string, character)) puts("Character found");
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<h2>See Also:</h2>
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<a href=strstr.html>strstr</a> which looks for a sub-string in a string.
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<a href=strpbrk.html>strpbrk</a>
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<a href=../MAN/index.htm>index and rindex</a> do the same as <b>strchr</b>
and <b>strrchr</b> but are non standard.
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<a href=../EXAMPLES/strchr.c> Example program (from Dave Doolin).</a> <p>
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<address>Martin Leslie
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