STRRCHR(3P)

PROLOG
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NAME
strrchr — string scanning operation

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

The strrchr() function shall locate the last occurrence of c (converted to a char) in the string pointed to by s. The terminating NUL character is considered to be part of the string.

RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, strrchr() shall return a pointer to the byte or a null pointer if c does not occur in the string.

ERRORS
No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

  Finding the Base Name of a File

The following example uses strrchr() to get a pointer to the base name of a file. The strrchr() function searches backwards through the name of the file to find the last '/' character in name. This pointer (plus one) will point to the base name of the file.

    #include <string.h>
    ...
    const char *name;
    char *basename;
    ...
    basename = strrchr(name, '/') + 1;
    ...

APPLICATION USAGE
None.

RATIONALE
None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

SEE ALSO
strchr()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <string.h>

COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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