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) char *s; char *charset; 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 charset (it spans the complement of charset ) . 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