Locate first occurrence of character in string

Returns a pointer to the first occurrence of character in the C string str.

The terminating null-character is considered part of the C string. Therefore, it can also be located.

Syntax

char *strchr(char *str, int character)

Parameters

• str C string.
• character Character to be located. It is passed as its int promotion, but it is internally converted back to char.

Return Value

A pointer to the first occurrence of character in str.
If the value is not found, the function returns a null pointer.