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32.\" $OpenBSD: strrchr.3,v 1.7 2003/06/02 20:18:38 millert Exp $
33.\"
34.Dd June 29, 1991
35.Dt STRRCHR 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm strrchr ,
39.Nm rindex
40.Nd locate last occurrence of a character in a string
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <string.h>
43.Ft char *
44.Fn strrchr "const char *s" "int c"
45.Ft char *
46.Fn rindex "const char *s" "int c"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn strrchr
50function locates the last occurrence of the character
51.Fa c
52in the string
53.Fa s .
54The terminating
55.Tn NUL
56character is considered part of the string.
57If
58.Fa c
59is
60.Ql \e0 ,
61.Fn strrchr
62locates the terminating
63.Ql \e0 .
64.Pp
65The
66.Fn rindex
67function is an old synonym for
68.Fn strrchr .
69.Sh RETURN VALUES
70The
71.Fn strrchr
72function returns a pointer to the located character or
73.Dv NULL
74if the character does not appear in the string.
75.Sh EXAMPLES
76After the following call to
77.Fn strrchr ,
78.Va p
79will point to the string
80.Qq obar :
81.Bd -literal -offset indent
82char *p;
83char *s = "foobar";
84
85p = strrchr(s, 'o');
86.Ed
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr memchr 3 ,
89.Xr strchr 3 ,
90.Xr strcspn 3 ,
91.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
92.Xr strsep 3 ,
93.Xr strspn 3 ,
94.Xr strstr 3 ,
95.Xr strtok 3
96.Sh STANDARDS
97The
98.Fn strrchr
99function conforms to
100.St -ansiC .
101.Pp
102The
103.Fn rindex
104function is deprecated and shouldn't be used in new code.