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35.Dd August 11, 2002
36.Dt STRRCHR 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm strrchr
40.Nd locate character in string
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In string.h
45.Ft char *
46.Fn strrchr "const char *s" "int c"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn strrchr
50function
51locates the last occurrence of
52.Fa c
53(converted to a char)
54in the string
55.Fa s .
56If
57.Fa c
58is
59.Ql \e0 ,
60.Fn strrchr
61locates the terminating
62.Ql \e0 .
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64The
65.Fn strrchr
66function
67returns a pointer to the character,
68or a null pointer if
69.Fa c
70does not occur anywhere in
71.Fa s .
72.Sh EXAMPLES
73After the following call to
74.Fn strrchr ,
75.Va p
76will point to the string
77.Qq obar :
78.Bd -literal -offset indent
79char *p;
80char *s = "foobar";
81
82p = strrchr(s, 'o');
83.Ed
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr index 3 ,
86.Xr memchr 3 ,
87.Xr rindex 3 ,
88.Xr strchr 3 ,
89.Xr strcspn 3 ,
90.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
91.Xr strsep 3 ,
92.Xr strspn 3 ,
93.Xr strstr 3 ,
94.Xr strtok 3
95.Sh STANDARDS
96The
97.Fn strrchr
98function
99conforms to
100.St -ansiC .
101