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STRSPN(3)                 NetBSD Programmer's Manual                 STRSPN(3)


NAME

     strspn - span a string


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <string.h>

     size_t
     strspn(const char *s, const char *charset);


DESCRIPTION

     The strspn() function spans the initial part of the null-terminated
     string s as long as the characters from s occur in string charset.


RETURN VALUES

     The strspn() function returns the number of characters spanned.


SEE ALSO

     index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), strcspn(3), strpbrk(3),
     strrchr(3), strsep(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)


STANDARDS

     The strspn() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

NetBSD 1.6.2                     June 4, 1993                                1