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INDEX(3)		     Library Functions Manual			INDEX(3)

NAME
     index, rindex -- locate character in string

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <strings.h>

     char *
     index(const char *s, int c);

     char *
     rindex(const char *s, int c);

DESCRIPTION
     The  index()  function  locates  the  first occurrence of c (converted to a
     char) in the string pointed to by s.  The	terminating  null  character  is
     considered part of the string; therefore if c is `\0', the functions locate
     the terminating `\0'.

     The  rindex()  function is identical to index(), except it locates the last
     occurrence of c.

RETURN VALUES
     The functions index() and rindex() return a pointer to the located  charac-
     ter, or NULL if the character does not appear in the string.

SEE ALSO
     memchr(3),  strchr(3),  strcspn(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), str-
     spn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)

HISTORY
     The index() and rindex() functions appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.   Their
     prototypes  existed  previously  in  <string.h>  before  they were moved to
     <strings.h> for IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1") compliance.

FreeBSD 6.3			  June 4, 1993				INDEX(3)

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