CharPrev

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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
Yes
Import Library
user32.lib
Header File
winuser.h
Unicode
WinNT
Platform Notes
None

The CharPrev function returns a pointer to the preceding character in a string. This function supersedes the AnsiPrev function.

LPTSTR CharPrev(

LPCTSTR lpszStart,	// pointer to first character
LPCTSTR lpszCurrent	// pointer to current character
);

Parameters
lpszStart

Pointer to the beginning of the string.

lpszCurrent

Pointer to a character in a null-terminated string.

Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is a pointer to the preceding character in the string, or to the first character in the string if the lpszCurrent parameter equals the lpszStart parameter.