strrchr(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 strrchr(3)

NAME
       strrchr - string rear-search character

LIBRARY
       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <string.h>

       char *strrchr(const char *s, int c);

DESCRIPTION
       strrchr() returns a pointer to the last occurrence of the character c
       in the string s.

       It is equivalent to

           memrchr(s, c, strlen(s) + 1)

RETURN VALUE
       See strchr(3).

ATTRIBUTES
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface                                   | Attribute     | Value   |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |strrchr ()                                  | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
STANDARDS
       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY
       POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO
       string(3), strchr(3), wcsrchr(3)

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