August 11, 2002 STRCHR 3

### NAME

strchr - locate character in string

### LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

### SYNOPSIS

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

### DESCRIPTION

The strchr(``) function locates the first occurrence of c in the string pointed to by s. The terminating ```NUL` character is considered part of the string. If ```c` is `\0', strchr(``) locates the terminating `\0'.

### RETURN VALUES

The function strchr(``) returns a pointer to the located character, or ```NULL` if the character does not appear in the string.

### EXAMPLES

After the following call to strchr(``), p will point to the string "oobar:

  `

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

      p = strchr(s, 'o');

  `

### SEE ALSO

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

### STANDARDS

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