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# std::strrchr

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< cpp‎ | string‎ | byte

Defined in header `<cstring>` |  |
const char* strrchr( const char* str, int ch ); |  |
char* strrchr( char* str, int ch ); |  |

Finds the last occurrence of `ch` (after conversion to char) 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'.

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

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <cstring>

    int main()
    {
        char input[] = "/home/user/hello.c";
        char* output = std::strrchr(input, '/');
        if(output)
            std::cout << output+1 << '\n';
    }

Output:

    hello.c

### [edit] See also

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]
rfind | find the last occurrence of a substring (public member function of `std::basic_string`) [edit]
C documentation for strrchr

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