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33.Dd May 5, 2012
34.Dt RINDEX 3
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm rindex
38.Nd locate character in string
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libc
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In strings.h
43.Ft char *
44.Fn rindex "const char *s" "int c"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn rindex
48function
49locates the last character
50matching
51.Fa c
52(converted to a
53.Em char )
54in the nul-terminated string
55.Fa s .
56.Pp
57This function is obsolete.
58The equivalent function
59.Xr strrchr 3
60should be used instead.
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62A pointer to the character is returned if it is found; otherwise
63.Dv NULL
64is returned.
65If
66.Fa c
67is
68.Ql \e0 ,
69.Fn rindex
70locates the terminating
71.Ql \e0 .
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr index 3 ,
74.Xr memchr 3 ,
75.Xr strchr 3 ,
76.Xr strcspn 3 ,
77.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
78.Xr strrchr 3 ,
79.Xr strsep 3 ,
80.Xr strspn 3 ,
81.Xr strstr 3 ,
82.Xr strtok 3
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Fn rindex
86function conforms to
87.St -p1003.1-2001 .
88The
89.St -p1003.1-2004
90revision marked it as legacy and recommended the use of
91.Xr strrchr 3
92instead.
93The
94.St -p1003.1-2008
95revision removed
96.Fn rindex
97from the specification.
98.Sh HISTORY
99A
100.Fn rindex
101function appeared in
102.At v6 .
103