strspn - Man Page

get length of a substring

Prolog

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Synopsis

#include <string.h>

size_t strspn(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 strspn() function shall compute the length (in bytes) of the maximum initial segment of the string pointed to by s1 which consists entirely of bytes from the string pointed to by s2.

Return Value

The strspn() function shall return the computed length; 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

strcspn()

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

Referenced By

localeconv(3p), strcspn(3p), string.h(0p).

2017 IEEE/The Open Group POSIX Programmer's Manual