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.TH WCSSPN 3  2015-08-08 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
wcsspn \- advance in a wide-character string, skipping
any of a set of wide characters
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <wchar.h>
.PP
.BI "size_t wcsspn(const wchar_t *" wcs ", const wchar_t *" accept );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR wcsspn ()
function is the wide-character equivalent of the
.BR strspn (3)
function.
It determines the length of the longest initial segment of
.I wcs
which consists entirely of wide-characters listed in
.IR accept .
In other
words, it searches for the first occurrence in the wide-character string
.I wcs
of a wide-character not contained in the wide-character string
.IR accept .
.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR wcsspn ()
function returns the number of
wide characters in the longest
initial segment of
.I wcs
which consists entirely of wide-characters listed
in
.IR accept .
In other words, it returns the position of the first
occurrence in the wide-character string
.I wcs
of a wide-character not
contained in the wide-character string
.IR accept ,
or
.I wcslen(wcs)
if there is none.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR wcsspn ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.SH CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR strspn (3),
.BR wcscspn (3)