strchr, wcschr (Windows CE 5.0)
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Find a character in a string.
char *strchr( const char *string, intc);wchar_t *wcschr( const wchar_t *string, wchar_tc );
Parameters
- string
Null-terminated source string. - c
Character to be located.
Return Values
Each of these functions returns a pointer to the first occurrence of c in string, or NULL if c is not found.
Remarks
These functions are supported by all versions of the C run-time libraries.
The strchr function finds the first occurrence of c in string, or it returns NULL if c is not found. The null-terminating character is included in the search.
wcschr is the wide-character version of strchr. The arguments and return value of wcschr are wide-character strings. These two functions behave identically otherwise.
The following table shows generic-text routine mappings for this function.
TCHAR.H Routine | _UNICODE Defined |
---|---|
_tcschr | wcschr |
For more information about TCHAR.H routines, see Generic Text Mappings.
Example
Description
This program illustrates searching for a character with strchr (search forward).
Code
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int ch = 'r';
char string[] = "The quick brown dog jumps over the lazy fox";
char fmt1[] = " 1 2 3 4 5";
char fmt2[] = "12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890";
void main( void )
{
char *pdest;
int result;
printf( "String to be searched: \n\t\t%s\n", string );
printf( "\t\t%s\n\t\t%s\n\n", fmt1, fmt2 );
printf( "Search char:\t%c\n", ch );
/* Search forward. */
pdest = strchr( string, ch );
result = pdest - string + 1;
if( pdest != NULL )
printf( "Result:\tfirst %c found at position %d\n\n",
ch, result );
else
printf( "Result:\t%c not found\n" );
/* Search backward. */
pdest = strrchr( string, ch );
result = pdest - string + 1;
if( pdest != NULL )
printf( "Result:\tlast %c found at position %d\n\n", ch, result );
else
printf( "Result:\t%c not found\n" );
}
// Output
String to be searched:
The quick brown dog jumps over the lazy fox
1 2 3 4 5
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
Search char: r
Result: first r found at position 12
Result: last r found at position 30
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE 2.0 and later.
Header: stdio.h, string.h.
Link Library: coredll.dll.
See Also
strcspn | strncat | strncmp | strncpy | strstr
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