# strchr strrchr functions

- strchr will find the first matching character in a string.

- strrchr will find the last matching character in a string.

The functions will return a pointer to the character or NULL if the character is not found.

    Library:   string.h

    Prototype: char * strchr(const char *string, int character);

    Syntax:	   int character='w';
    	   char *string="red dwarf";
               if(strchr(string, character)) puts("Character found");

## See Also:

strstr which looks for a sub-string in a string.

strpbrk

index and rindex do the same as strchr and strrchr but are non standard.

Example program (from Dave Doolin).

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