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.TH ugetat 3alleg4 "version 4.4.3" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
ugetat \- Finds out the value of a character in a string. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B int ugetat(const char *s, int index);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Finds out the character value at the specified `index' in the string. A
zero `index' parameter will return the first character of the string. If
`index' is negative, it counts backward from the end of the string, so an
`index' of `-1' will return the last character of the string. Example:

.nf
   int third_letter = ugetat(text_string, 2);
.fi
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Returns the character value at the specified index in the string.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR uoffset (3alleg4),
.BR usetat (3alleg4),
.BR uinsert (3alleg4),
.BR uremove (3alleg4)