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# strchr

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< c‎ | string‎ | byte

Defined in header `<string.h>` |  |
char *strchr( const char *str, int ch ); |  |

Finds the first occurrence of the character `ch` in the byte string pointed to by `str`.

The terminating null character is considered to be a part of the string.

### [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 NULL if no such character is found.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <string.h>
    #include <stdio.h>

    int main(void)
    {
        char str[] = "Hello World";
        char *ptr = strchr(str, 'W');
        printf("%s", ptr);
    }

Output:

    World

### [edit] See also

strrchr | finds the last occurrence of a character (function) [edit]
strpbrk | finds the first location of any character in one string, in another string (function) [edit]
C++ documentation for strchr

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