Searches for a character in a null-terminated string.

#include <string.h>

char *strchr(const char *string, int c);

#include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *wcschr(const wchar_t *string, wchar_t c);

Parameters

string

String to search; must contain a null character marking the end of the string; the terminating null character is included in the search.

c

Character to be located.

Return Values

A pointer to the first occurrence of c in the string. The character may be the null character \0.

Success.

A null pointer if the character is not found.

Failure.

Generic Text Routines

Requirements