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STRSPN(3) | Linux Programmer's Manual | STRSPN(3) |
NAME¶
strspn, strcspn - search a string for a set of bytes
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <string.h> size_t strspn(const char *s, const char *accept); size_t strcspn(const char *s, const char *reject);
DESCRIPTION¶
The strspn() function calculates the length (in bytes) of the initial segment of s which consists entirely of bytes in accept.
The strcspn() function calculates the length of the initial segment of s which consists entirely of bytes not in reject.
RETURN VALUE¶
The strspn() function returns the number of bytes in the initial segment of s which consist only of bytes from accept.
The strcspn() function returns the number of bytes in the initial segment of s which are not in the string reject.
CONFORMING TO¶
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
SEE ALSO¶
index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), string(3), strpbrk(3), strsep(3), strstr(3), strtok(3), wcscspn(3), wcsspn(3)
COLOPHON¶
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2012-05-10 |