std::strchr
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Defined in header <cstring> | ||
constchar* strchr(constchar* str, int ch ); | ||
char* strchr( char* str, int ch ); | ||
Finds the first occurrence of the character static_cast<char>(ch) in the byte string pointed to by str.
The terminating null character is considered to be a part of the string and can be found if searching for '\0'.
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[edit]Parameters
| str | - | pointer to the null-terminated byte string to be analyzed |
| ch | - | character to search for |
[edit]Return value
Pointer to the found character in str, or a null pointer if no such character is found.
[edit]Example
Run this code
#include <cstring>#include <iostream> int main(){constchar* str ="Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.";char target ='T';constchar* result = str; while((result = std::strchr(result, target))!= nullptr){std::cout<<"Found '"<< target <<"' starting at '"<< result <<"'\n"; // Increment result, otherwise we'll find target at the same location++result;}}
Output:
Found 'T' starting at 'Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.' Found 'T' starting at 'There is no try.'
[edit]See also
| searches an array for the first occurrence of a character (function) | |
| finds the first occurrence of the given substring (public member function of std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>) | |
| finds the first occurrence of a wide character in a wide string (function) | |
| finds the last occurrence of a character (function) | |
| finds the first location of any character from a set of separators (function) | |
C documentation for strchr | |
