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<h3 class="section">5.13 <code>rindex</code>&mdash;reverse search for character in string</h3>
<p><a name="index-rindex-381"></a><strong>Synopsis</strong>
<pre class="example"> #include &lt;string.h&gt;
char * rindex(const char *<var>string</var>, int <var>c</var>);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
This function finds the last occurence of <var>c</var> (converted to
a char) in the string pointed to by <var>string</var> (including the
terminating null character).
<p>This function is identical to <code>strrchr</code>.
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<strong>Returns</strong><br>
Returns a pointer to the located character, or a null pointer
if <var>c</var> does not occur in <var>string</var>.
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<strong>Portability</strong><br>
<code>rindex</code> requires no supporting OS subroutines.
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