STRSPN(3)                                                               Linux Programmer's Manual                                                              STRSPN(3)

NAME
       strspn, strcspn - get length of a prefix substring

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 │
       └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO
       index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), string(3), strpbrk(3), strsep(3), strstr(3), strtok(3), wcscspn(3), wcsspn(3)

                                                                               2021-03-22                                                                      STRSPN(3)