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1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" Chris Torek.
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37.Dt RINDEX 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm rindex
41.Nd locate character in string
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <string.h>
44.Ft char *
45.Fn rindex "const char *s" "int c"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn rindex
49function
50locates the last character
51matching
52.Fa c
42a98e0d 53(converted to a
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42a98e0d 55in the null-terminated string
ae59e04c 56.Fa s .
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57.Sh RETURN VALUES
58A pointer to the character is returned if it is found; otherwise
59NULL is returned.
42a98e0d 60If
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61.Fa c
62is
63.Ql \e0 ,
64.Fn rindex
65locates the terminating
66.Ql \e0 .
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr index 3 ,
69.Xr memchr 3 ,
70.Xr strchr 3 ,
71.Xr strcspn 3 ,
72.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
73.Xr strrchr 3 ,
74.Xr strsep 3 ,
75.Xr strspn 3 ,
76.Xr strstr 3 ,
77.Xr strtok 3
78.Sh HISTORY
79A
80.Fn rindex
81function appeared in
82.At v6 .