HP C/iX Library Reference Manual (30026-90004)

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HP C/iX Library Function Descriptions

strrchr

Locates the last occurrence of a supplied character within a string.

Syntax

#include <string.h.>

char *strrchr(const char *

, int

);

Parameters

A pointer to a null-terminated character string.

The value to ﬁnd in the target string.

Return Values

x A character pointer to the last occurrence of

in string

. This function

returns a null pointer if the character is not found.

Description

The strrchr function searches the null-terminated string

for the last occurrence of

(converted to type char). The terminating null character is part of the string.

Example

while((ptr = strrchr(string, '@')) != NULL)

*ptr = '#';

Replace all @'s with #'s, starting from the end of the array, working backward toward the

beginning.