function
<cstring>
strchr
const char * strchr ( const char * str, int character ); char * strchr ( char * str, int character );
Locate first occurrence of character in string
Returns a pointer to the first occurrence of character in the C string str.
The terminating null-character is considered part of the C string. Therefore, it can also be located in order to retrieve a pointer to the end of a string.
Parameters
- str
- C string.
- character
- Character to be located. It is passed as its int promotion, but it is internally converted back to char for the comparison.
Return Value
A pointer to the first occurrence of character in str.
If the character is not found, the function returns a null pointer.
Portability
In C, this function is only declared as:
char * strchr ( const char *, int );
instead of the two overloaded versions provided in C++.
Example
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/* strchr example */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main ()
{
char str[] = "This is a sample string";
char * pch;
printf ("Looking for the 's' character in \"%s\"...\n",str);
pch=strchr(str,'s');
while (pch!=NULL)
{
printf ("found at %d\n",pch-str+1);
pch=strchr(pch+1,'s');
}
return 0;
}
Output:
Looking for the 's' character in "This is a sample string"...
found at 4
found at 7
found at 11
found at 18
See also
- strrchr
- Locate last occurrence of character in string (function)
- memchr
- Locate character in block of memory (function)
- strpbrk
- Locate characters in string (function)