NAME

std::wcschr - std::wcschr

Synopsis

Defined in header <cwchar>
const wchar_t* wcschr( const wchar_t* str, wchar_t ch );
wchar_t* wcschr( wchar_t* str, wchar_t ch );

Finds the first occurrence of the wide character ch in the wide string pointed to by
str.

Parameters

str - pointer to the null-terminated wide string to be analyzed
ch - wide character to search for

Return value

Pointer to the found character in str, or a null pointer if no such character is
found.

Example

// Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <cwchar>
#include <locale>

int main()
{
const wchar_t arr[] = L"白猫 黒猫 кошки";
const wchar_t* cat = std::wcschr(arr, L'猫');
const wchar_t* dog = std::wcschr(arr, L'犬');

std::cout.imbue(std::locale("en_US.utf8"));

if(cat)
std::cout << "The character 猫 found at position " << cat - arr << '\n';
else
std::cout << "The character 猫 not found\n";

if(dog)
std::cout << "The character 犬 found at position " << dog - arr << '\n';
else
std::cout << "The character 犬 not found\n";
}

Output:

The character 猫 found at position 1
The character 犬 not found

See also

find find characters in the string
(public member function of std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>)
strchr finds the first occurrence of a character
(function)
wcsrchr finds the last occurrence of a wide character in a wide string
(function)
finds the first location of any wide character in one wide string, in
wcspbrk another wide string
(function)