strchr, strrchr

Arguments

Returns

The position of the char_as_string within the string, where the first character is in position zero. If the char_as_string is not found in the string, returns -1. strchr returns the first occurrence of the character in the string. strrchr returns the last occurrence of the character in the string.

Description

These functions search a string for an individual character and return the first or last occurrence of that character within the string. The characters within a string are numbered starting at zero.

Example

    Gamma> strchr("apple","a");
    0
    Gamma> strchr("apple","r");
    -1
    Gamma> strchr("apple","p");
    1
    Gamma> strrchr("apple pie","p");
    6
    Gamma> 
    		

See Also

strcmp, stricmp, string_split, strlen, strrev, strstr, substr