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# std::wcschr

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< cpp‎ | string‎ | wide

Defined in header `<cwchar>` |  |
const wchar_t* wcschr( const wchar_t* str, wchar_t ch ); |  |
wchar_t* wcschr( wchar_t* str, wchar_t ch ); |  |

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

### [edit] Parameters

str | - | pointer to the null-terminated wide string to be analyzed
ch | - | wide 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 <iostream>
    #include <cwchar>
    #include <locale>

    int main()
    {
        wchar_t arr[] = L"招き猫 кошка";
        const wchar_t* cat = std::wcschr(arr, L'猫');
        const wchar_t* dog = std::wcschr(arr, L'犬');

        std::cout.imbue(std::locale("en_US.utf8"));

        if(cat)
            std::cout << "The character 猫 found at position " << cat - arr << '\n';
        else
            std::cout << "The character 猫 not found\n";

        if(dog)
            std::cout << "The character 犬 found at position " << dog - arr << '\n';
        else
            std::cout << "The character 犬 not found\n";
    }

Output:

    The character 猫 found at position 2
    The character 犬 not found

### [edit] See also

find | find characters in the string (public member function of `std::basic_string`) [edit]
strchr | finds the first occurrence of a character (function) [edit]
wcsrchr | finds the last occurrence of a wide character in a wide string (function) [edit]
wcspbrk | finds the first location of any wide character in one wide string, in another wide string (function) [edit]
C documentation for wcschr

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