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.TH INDEX 3 2015-03-02 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
index, rindex \- locate character in string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <strings.h>
.PP
.BI "char *index(const char *" s ", int " c );
.PP
.BI "char *rindex(const char *" s ", int " c );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR index ()
function returns a pointer to the first occurrence
of the character \fIc\fP in the string \fIs\fP.
.PP
The
.BR rindex ()
function returns a pointer to the last occurrence
of the character \fIc\fP in the string \fIs\fP.
.PP
The terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq) is considered to be a part of the
strings.
.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR index ()
and
.BR rindex ()
functions return a pointer to
the matched character or NULL if the character is not found.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR index (),
.BR rindex ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.SH CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD; marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001.
POSIX.1-2008 removes the specifications of
.BR index ()
and
.BR rindex (),
recommending
.BR strchr (3)
and
.BR strrchr (3)
instead.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR memchr (3),
.BR strchr (3),
.BR string (3),
.BR strpbrk (3),
.BR strrchr (3),
.BR strsep (3),
.BR strspn (3),
.BR strstr (3),
.BR strtok (3)
.SH COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.16 of the Linux
.I man-pages
project.
A description of the project,
information about reporting bugs,
and the latest version of this page,
can be found at
\%https://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.