STRDEL(3pub) C Programmer's Manual STRDEL(3pub)
NAME
strdel - delete characters from beginning of string
SYNOPSIS
#include <publib.h>
char *strdel(char *s, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
strdel removes the first n characters of s. If n is greater than the length of the string, all characters in the string (not counting
' ') are removed but no more.
RETURN VALUE
strdel returns its first argument.
EXAMPLE
To change all occurences of "Pascal" in the input to "Yuck!", you might do the following:
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <publib.h>
int main(void) {
char line[512];
while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdio) != NULL) {
while ((p = strstr(line, "Pascal")) != NULL) {
strdel(p, 6);
strins(p, "Yuck!");
}
printf("%s", line);
}
return 0;
}
SEE ALSO
publib(3), strins(3)
AUTHOR
Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)
Publib C Programmer's Manual STRDEL(3pub)
