diff --git a/plugins/include/string.inc b/plugins/include/string.inc
index bfd1039b..9ff75eed 100644
--- a/plugins/include/string.inc
+++ b/plugins/include/string.inc
@@ -421,6 +421,46 @@ stock CharToLower(chr)
 	return chr;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Finds the first occurrence of a character in a string.
+ *
+ * @param str			String.
+ * @param c				Character to search for.
+ * @param reverse		False (default) to search forward, true to search 
+ *						backward.
+ * @return				The index of the first occurrence of the character 
+ * 						in the string, or -1 if the character was not found.
+ */
+stock FindCharInString(const String:str[], c, bool:reverse = false)
+{
+	new i, len
+
+	len = strlen(str);
+	
+	if (!reverse)
+	{
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+		{
+			if (str[i] == c)
+			{
+				return i;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		for (i = len - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		{
+			if (str[i] == c)
+			{
+				return i;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
 /**
  * Concatenates one string onto another.
  *