function
strchr
<cstring>
const char * strchr ( const char * str, int character ); char * strchr ( char * str, int character );
Locate first occurrence of character in string
Returns a pointer to the first occurrence of
character in the C string
str.
The terminating null-character is considered part of the C string. Therefore, it can also be located to retrieve a pointer to the end of a string.
Parameters
-
str
- C string. character
- Character to be located. It is passed as its int promotion, but it is internally converted back to char.
Return Value
A pointer to the first occurrence of character in str.If the value is not found, the function returns a null pointer.
Portability
In C, this function is declared as:char * strchr ( const char *, int );
instead of the two overloaded versions provided in C++.
Example
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Output:
Looking for the 's' character in "This is a sample string"... found at 4 found at 7 found at 11 found at 18 |