C strchr()

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The strchr() string function finds the first occurrence of a given character.

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Syntax

The string.h header file needs to be included at the top of the file:

#include <string.h>

strchr() function searches string for the character 'c':

strchr(string, 'c')

Example

Using strchr() function to find a specific character in the alphabet:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>


int main() {
  char alphabet[] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
  printf("%s", strchr(alphabet, 's'));
  return 0;
}

The output would be:

stuvwxyz

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