index

Syntax

#include <strings.h>

char *index(const char *string, int ch);

Description

Returns a pointer to the first occurrence of ch in string. Note that the NULL character counts, so if you pass zero as ch you'll get a pointer to the end of the string back.

Return Value

A pointer to the character, or NULL if it wasn't found.

Portability

not ANSI, not POSIX

Example

if (index(path, '*'))
  do_wildcards(path);

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