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Name

strspn, strcspn - get length of a prefix substring

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

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.

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). allbox; lbx lb lb T{ strspn()strcspn()
InterfaceAttributeValue
T}Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

See Also

  1. memchr(3),
  2. strchr(3),
  3. string(3),
  4. strpbrk(3),
  5. strsep(3),
  6. strstr(3),
  7. strtok(3),
  8. wcscspn(3),
  9. wcsspn(3)