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1.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" Chris Torek.
6.\"
7.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
8.\"
9.\" @(#)strchr.3 5.1 (Berkeley) %G%
10.\"
11.TH STRCHR 3 ""
12.UC 7
13.SH NAME
14strchr \- locate character in string
15.SH SYNOPSIS
16.nf
17.ft B
18#include <string.h>
19
20char *
21strchr(const char *s, int c);
22.ft R
23.fi
24.SH DESCRIPTION
25.B Strchr
26returns a pointer to the first occurrence of
27.I c
28(converted to a
29.BR char )
30in the null-terminated string
31.IR s ,
32or NULL if
33.I c
34does not occur anywhere in
35.IR s .
36If
37.I c
38is '\e0',
39.B strchr
40locates the terminating '\e0'.
41.SH SEE ALSO
42index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strcspn(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3),
43strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)
44.SH STANDARDS
45.B Strchr
46conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').