strspn, strcspn - get length of a prefix substring
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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│ strspn(), strcspn() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
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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.
History
POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
strspn, strcspn - get length of a prefix substring
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.
See Also
memchr(3), strchr(3), string(3), strpbrk(3), strsep(3), strstr(3), strtok(3), wcscspn(3), wcsspn(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 strspn(3)
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<string.h>size_tstrspn(constchar*s,constchar*accept);size_tstrcspn(constchar*s,constchar*reject);