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Re: strchr with its second argument = 0

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On 2012-05-04, Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> what is the behavior of strchr if the second argument (the character to 
> be searched for) is set to zero? Does it find the end of the string, or 
> does it find nothing and should it return NULL?

It should find nothing and return null. The null character isn't a character
which is in the string. By definition of a C string, a C string cannot contain
the null character.

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strchr with its second argument = 0 Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-05-04 20:37 +0200
  Re: strchr with its second argument = 0 Ralf Damaschke <rwspam@gmx.de> - 2012-05-04 18:45 +0000
  Re: strchr with its second argument = 0 Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-05-04 19:49 +0000
    Re: strchr with its second argument = 0 Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-05-04 19:53 +0000
      Re: strchr with its second argument = 0 pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-05-04 19:31 -0400
        Re: strchr with its second argument = 0 Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-05-05 02:22 +0000
  Re: strchr with its second argument = 0 pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-05-04 19:39 -0400

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