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string::find (2 of 2 overloads)

Find the first occurrence of a character within the string.

Synopsis
std::size_t
find(
    char ch,
    std::size_t pos = 0) const;
Description

Returns the index corrosponding to the first occurrence of ch within {begin() + pos, end()) if it exists, and npos otherwise.

Complexity

Linear.

Return Value

The first occurrence of ch within the string starting at the index pos, or npos if none exists.

Parameters

Name

Description

ch

The character to search for.

pos

The index to start searching at. The default argument for this parameter is 0.


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