debian man page for strzap

STRZAP(3pub)						       C Programmer's Manual						      STRZAP(3pub)

NAME
       strzap - remove pattern from beginning of string, if it is there

SYNOPSIS
       #include <publib.h>
       int strzap(char *str, const char *pat);

DESCRIPTION
       strzap compares the beginning of str with all of pat, and if they are the same, it removes the beginning from str.

RETURN VALUE
       strzap returns non-zero if it removed anything, 0 if not.

SEE ALSO
       publib(3), strendzap(3)

AUTHOR
       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)

Publib							       C Programmer's Manual						      STRZAP(3pub)