centos man page for strcspn

Query: strcspn

OS: centos

Section: 3

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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								 STRSPN(3)