strcspn

Span the complement of a string

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Interface
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Interface

#include <string.h>
size_t  strcspn (const char *s, const 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).

Example:

Example - Span the complement of a string

Workings

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
  char s[20] = "abcde1010101", t[3] = "01";
  printf("The first binary digit of s is at position: %d.\n", strcspn(s, t));
  return 0;
}

Solution

Output:

The first binary digit of s is at position: 5.

Return Values

The strcspn function returns the number of characters spanned.

Standards

The strcspn function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 ("ISO C90").

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