STRCSPN(3)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       STRCSPN(3)



NAME
     strcspn - span the complement of a string

SYNOPSIS
     #include <string.h>

     size_t
     strcspn(s, charset)
     _c_h_a_r *_s;
     _c_h_a_r *_c_h_a_r_s_e_t;

DESCRIPTION
     The strcspn() function spans the initial part of the null-
     terminated string _s as long as the characters from _s do not
     occur in string _c_h_a_r_s_e_t (it spans the _c_o_m_p_l_e_m_e_n_t of _c_h_a_r_s_e_t
     ) .

RETURN VALUES
     The strcspn() function returns the number of characters
     spanned.

SEE ALSO
     index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), strpbrk(3),
     strrchr(3), strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)

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



























Printed 11/26/99	January 12, 1996			1