strchr in c

What is strchr in c programming?

strchr in c is a built-in function used to search for a first occurrence of the given character in a string.

This function is defined in string.h header file.

strchr function returns first occurrence of the character in a string else null if character not found.

Prototype

char *strchr(const char *string,int m);

Parameters

strchr function takes one pointer and integer variable as input parameters.

Return value

strchr function returns first occurrence of a character in a string else null if not found.

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Example program for strchr

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
int main()
{
  const char string[]="scholarsoul";
  const char a='o';
  char *res;
  res=strchr(string,a);
  printf("The first occurrence of given character is %s \n",res);
  return 0;
}  

	The first occurrence of given character is olarsoul 

Code explanation

The first occurrence of a given character is found by calling strchr function and result is being printed on to console.

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