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28 .TH STRSPN 3 1993-04-12 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
30 strspn, strcspn \- search a string for a set of characters
33 .B #include <string.h>
35 .BI "size_t strspn(const char *" s ", const char *" accept );
37 .BI "size_t strcspn(const char *" s ", const char *" reject );
40 The \fBstrspn\fP() function calculates the length of the initial
41 segment of \fIs\fP which consists entirely of characters in
44 The \fBstrcspn\fP() function calculates the length of the initial
45 segment of \fIs\fP which consists entirely of characters not in
48 The \fBstrspn\fP() function returns the number of characters in
49 the initial segment of \fIs\fP which consist only of characters
52 The \fBstrcspn\fP() function returns the number of characters in
53 the initial segment of \fIs\fP which are not in the string
56 SVID 3, POSIX, 4.3BSD, ISO 9899