strspn - Man Page
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).
Interface | Attribute | Value |
---|---|---|
strspn(), strcspn() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
History
POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
See Also
memchr(3), strchr(3), string(3), strpbrk(3), strsep(3), strstr(3), strtok(3), wcscspn(3), wcsspn(3)
Referenced By
memchr(3), signal-safety(7), strchr(3), string(3), strnstr.3bsd(3), strpbrk(3), strsep(3), strstr(3), strtok(3), wcscspn(3), wcsspn(3).
The man page strcspn(3) is an alias of strspn(3).