usr/src/lib/libc/string/strspn.3

.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
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.\"     @(#)strspn.3    5.1 (Berkeley) %G%
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.TH STRSPN 3 ""
.UC 7
.SH NAME
strspn \- span a string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
#include <string.h>

size_t
strspn(const char *s, const char *charset);
.ft R
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Strcspn
spans the initial part of the null-terminated string
.I s
as long as the characters from
.I s
occur in string
.IR charset .
.B Strspn
returns the number of characters spanned.
.SH SEE ALSO
index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), strcspn(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3),
strsep(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)
.SH STANDARDS
.B Strspn
conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').