NAME¶

std::strchr - std::strchr

Synopsis¶

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

Finds the first occurrence of the character static_cast<char>(ch) 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'.

Parameters¶

str - pointer to the null-terminated byte string to be analyzed
ch - character to search for

Return value¶

Pointer to the found character in str, or a null pointer if no such character is
found.

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
const char* str = "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.";
char target = 'T';
const char* result = str;

while ((result = std::strchr(result, target)) != nullptr)
{
std::cout << "Found '" << target
<< "' starting at '" << result << "'\n";

// Increment result, otherwise we'll find target at the same location
++result;
}
}

Output:¶

Found 'T' starting at 'Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.'
Found 'T' starting at 'There is no try.'

See also¶

memchr searches an array for the first occurrence of a character
(function)
find finds the first occurrence of the given substring
(public member function of std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>)
wcschr finds the first occurrence of a wide character in a wide string
(function)
strrchr finds the last occurrence of a character
(function)
strpbrk finds the first location of any character from a set of separators
(function)
C documentation for
strchr