strcspn - Man Page

get the length of a complementary substring

Prolog

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Synopsis

#include <string.h>

size_t strcspn(const char *s1, const char *s2);

Description

The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

The strcspn() function shall compute the length (in bytes) of the maximum initial segment of the string pointed to by s1 which consists entirely of bytes not from the string pointed to by s2.

Return Value

The strcspn() function shall return the length of the computed segment of the string pointed to by s1; no return value is reserved to indicate an error.

Errors

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

Examples

None.

Application Usage

None.

Rationale

None.

Future Directions

None.

See Also

strspn()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <string.h>

Referenced By

string.h(0p), strspn(3p).

2017 IEEE/The Open Group POSIX Programmer's Manual