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

NAME         top

       index, rindex - locate character in string

SYNOPSIS         top

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

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

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

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface         │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │index(), rindex() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       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.

SEE ALSO         top

       memchr(3), strchr(3), string(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3),
       strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)

COLOPHON         top

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GNU                              2015-03-02                         INDEX(3)

Pages that refer to this page: memchr(3),  strchr(3),  string(3),  strpbrk(3),  strsep(3),  strspn(3),  strstr(3),  strtok(3)