strrchr

Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string.

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

Return Values

Returns a pointer to the first occurrence of string2 in string1. If string2 is not found in string1 the function returns NULL.

Example

The following example uses strrchr to find the last instance of the character `x' in the string, string.

    #include <string.h>

    char * string = "His Excellency the Duke of Exeter";
    char * first_x, * last_x;
    first_x = (char *)strchr(string, 'x');
    lr_output_message ("The first occurrence of x: %s", first_x);
    last_x = (char *)strrchr(string, 'x');
    lr_output_message ("The last occurrence of x: %s", last_x);

Example: Output:
Action.c(7): The first occurrence of x: xcellency the Duke of Exeter
Action.c(10): The last occurrence of x: xeter