index()

Find a character in a string

Synopsis:

#include <strings.h>

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

Library:

libc

Description:

The index() function returns a pointer to the first occurrence of the character c in the string s. This function operates on null-terminated strings. The null character is considered to be part of the string.

Returns:

A pointer to the character, or NULL if the character doesn't occur in the string.

Classification:

Safety:
Cancellation point	No
Interrupt handler	No
Signal handler	Yes
Thread	Yes

See also:

rindex(), strchr(), strrchr()