strchr()

Function

Scans a string for the first occurrence of a given character.

Syntax

int strchr(string s, char c[, int index]);

Returns

The strchr function returns the integer offset of the character in the string, or -1 if the character does not occur in the string.

If index is given, the search starts at that position. Negative values are counted from the end of the string.

Example

string s = "This is a string";
char c = 'a';
int pos = strchr(s, c);
if (pos >= 0)
   printf("The character %c is at position %d\n", c, pos);
else
   printf("The character was not found\n");