strspn3
String [complementary] span
Usage
#include <string.h>
size_t strspn(const char *s, const char *accept); size_t strcspn(const char *s, const char *reject);
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Overview
strspn()-
The
strspn() function calculates the length (in bytes) of the initial segment of s which consists entirely of bytes in accept.
strcspn()-
The
strcspn() function calculates the length of the initial segment of s which consists entirely of bytes not in reject.
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It is equivalent to
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(strpbrk(s, reject) ?: strnul(s)) - s
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.
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| strspn(), strcspn() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 13 times.