.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
.\"
.\"     @(#)rindex.3	5.3 (Berkeley) 01/21/92
.\"
.Dd 
.Dt RINDEX 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rindex
.Nd locate character in string
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <string.h>
.Ft char *
.Fn rindex "const char *s" "int c"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn rindex
function
locates the last character
matching
.Fa c
(converted to a
.Em char )
in the null-terminated string
.Fa s .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A pointer to the character is returned if it is found; otherwise
NULL is returned.
If
.Fa c
is
.Ql \e0 ,
.Fn rindex
locates the terminating
.Ql \e0 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr index 3 ,
.Xr memchr 3 ,
.Xr strchr 3 ,
.Xr strcspn 3 ,
.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
.Xr strrchr 3 ,
.Xr strsep 3 ,
.Xr strspn 3 ,
.Xr strstr 3 ,
.Xr strtok 3
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn rindex
function appeared in 
.At v6 .