search for occurance of character in certain position in a string

[magix]

How can I search for occurance of a character in certain position of a
string
I checked function strchr, but doesn't option to specify position.

Thanks.

Regards,
Magix

[Keith Thompson]

"magix" <ma***@asia.com writes:

How can I search for occurance of a character in certain position of a
string
I checked function strchr, but doesn't option to specify position.

If you're checking a certain position, it's not really a search, is it?

It sounds like you're looking for something that will tell you, for
example, whether or not the character 'C' occurs in the third position
(position 2) in the string "ABCDE", regardless of whether it also
occurs anywhere else. If so, all you need is a single comparison. If
not, please clarify what you're asking for.

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[Peter Nilsson]

"magix" <[e-mail] wrote:

How can I search for occurance of a character
in certain position of a string

if (strlen(s) n && s[n] == ch)
/* yes, char ch at position n in s */

--
Peter

[user923005]

On May 20, 7:29*pm, "magix" <[e-mail] wrote:

How can I search for occurance of a character in certain position of a
string
I checked function strchr, but doesn't option to specify position.

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

long location(char *string, int ch)
{
char *where = strchr(string, ch);
long index = -1;
if (where) {
index = where - string;
}
return index;
}
int main(void)
{
char string[] = "Hello, my name is skinner the
grinner! What's yours?";
long loc;
loc = location(string , '!');
if (loc >= 0) {
printf("positio n is %ld\n", loc);
putchar(string[loc]);
} else {
puts("Not found.");
}
return 0;
}