minix/lib/libc/string/rindex.3
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.Dd May 5, 2012
.Dt RINDEX 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rindex
.Nd locate character in string
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In strings.h
.Ft char *
.Fn rindex "const char *s" "int c"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn rindex
function
locates the last character
matching
.Fa c
(converted to a
.Em char )
in the nul-terminated string
.Fa s .
.Pp
This function is obsolete.
The equivalent function
.Xr strrchr 3
should be used instead.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A pointer to the character is returned if it is found; otherwise
.Dv NULL
is returned.
If
.Fa c
is
.Ql \e0 ,
.Fn rindex
locates the terminating
.Ql \e0 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr index 3 ,
.Xr memchr 3 ,
.Xr strchr 3 ,
.Xr strcspn 3 ,
.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
.Xr strrchr 3 ,
.Xr strsep 3 ,
.Xr strspn 3 ,
.Xr strstr 3 ,
.Xr strtok 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn rindex
function conforms to
.St -p1003.1-2001 .
The
.St -p1003.1-2004
revision marked it as legacy and recommended the use of
.Xr strrchr 3
instead.
The
.St -p1003.1-2008
revision removed
.Fn rindex
from the specification.
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn rindex
function appeared in
.At v6 .