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1.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" Chris Torek.
6.\"
7.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
8.\"
9.\" @(#)strspn.3 5.1 (Berkeley) %G%
10.\"
11.TH STRSPN 3 ""
12.UC 7
13.SH NAME
14strspn \- span a string
15.SH SYNOPSIS
16.nf
17.ft B
18#include <string.h>
19
20size_t
21strspn(const char *s, const char *charset);
22.ft R
23.fi
24.SH DESCRIPTION
25.B Strcspn
26spans the initial part of the null-terminated string
27.I s
28as long as the characters from
29.I s
30occur in string
31.IR charset .
32.B Strspn
33returns the number of characters spanned.
34.SH SEE ALSO
35index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), strcspn(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3),
36strsep(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)
37.SH STANDARDS
38.B Strspn
39conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').