August 11, 2002 STRRCHR 3

### NAME

strrchr - locate character in string

### LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

### SYNOPSIS

```char``*` strrchr(```const char *s``, int c`)

### DESCRIPTION

The strrchr(``) function locates the last occurrence of ```c` (converted to a char) in the string ```s`. If ```c` is `\0', strrchr(``) locates the terminating `\0'.

### RETURN VALUES

The strrchr(``) function returns a pointer to the character, or a null pointer if ```c` does not occur anywhere in ```s`.

### EXAMPLES

After the following call to strrchr(``), p will point to the string "obar:

  `

      char *p;
      char *s = "foobar";

      p = strrchr(s, 'o');

  `

### SEE ALSO

index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), strcspn(3), strpbrk(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)

### STANDARDS

The strrchr(``) function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'') .