NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strcspn -- span the complement of a string

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     size_t
     strcspn(const char *s, const char *charset);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcspn() function spans the initial part of the null-terminated
     string s as long as the characters from s do not occur in string charset
     (it spans the complement of charset).

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcspn() function returns the number of characters spanned.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     memchr(3), strchr(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3),
     strstr(3), strtok(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcspn() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89'').


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