index

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locate character in string

Library functionsmanpages-dev 6.9.1-1also documents rindex

#include <strings.h> [[deprecated]] char *index(const char *s, int c); [[deprecated]] char *rindex(const char *s, int c);

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

index() is identical to strchr(3).

rindex() is identical to strrchr(3).

Use strchr(3) and strrchr(3) instead of these functions.

None.

4.3BSD; marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001. Removed in POSIX.1-2008, recommending strchr(3) and strrchr(3) instead.