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Name

wcsspn - get length of a prefix wide-character substring

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

Synopsis

#include <wchar.h> 
size_t wcsspn(const wchar_t *" wcs ", const wchar_t * accept );

Description

The wcsspn() function is the wide-character equivalent of the strspn(3) function. It determines the length of the longest initial segment of wcs which consists entirely of wide-characters listed in accept. In other words, it searches for the first occurrence in the wide-character string wcs of a wide-character not contained in the wide-character string accept.

Return Value

The wcsspn() function returns the number of wide characters in the longest initial segment of wcs which consists entirely of wide-characters listed in accept. In other words, it returns the position of the first occurrence in the wide-character string wcs of a wide-character not contained in the wide-character string accept, or wcslen(wcs) if there is none.

Attributes

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

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

See Also

  1. strspn(3),
  2. wcscspn(3)