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STRSPN(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual STRSPN(3)
NAME
strspn, strcspn - span a string
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
size_t
strspn(const char *s, const char *charset);
size_t
strcspn(const char *s, const char *charset);
DESCRIPTION
The strspn() function spans the initial part of the null-terminated
string s as long as the characters from s occur in the null-terminated
string charset. In other words, it computes the string array index of
the first character of s which is not in charset, else the index of the
first null character.
The strcspn() function spans the initial part of the null-terminated
string s as long as the characters from s do not occur in the null-
terminated string charset (it spans the complement of charset). In other
words, it computes the string array index of the first character of s
which is also in charset, else the index of the first null character.
RETURN VALUES
The strspn() and strcspn() functions return the number of characters
spanned.
SEE ALSO
memchr(3), strchr(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strstr(3),
strtok(3), wcsspn(3)
STANDARDS
The strspn() and strcspn() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1990
("ISO C90").
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p6 May 24, 2014 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p6