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35.Dd August 11, 2002
36.Dt STRSPN 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm strspn
40.Nd span a string
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In string.h
45.Ft size_t
46.Fn strspn "const char *s" "const char *charset"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn strspn
50function
51spans the initial part of the nul-terminated string
52.Fa s
53as long as the characters from
54.Fa s
55occur in string
56.Fa charset .
57.Sh RETURN VALUES
58The
59.Fn strspn
60function
61returns the number of characters spanned.
62.Sh EXAMPLES
63The following call to
64.Fn strspn
65will return 3, since the first three characters of string
66.Fa s
67are part of string
68.Fa charset :
69.Bd -literal -offset indent
70char *s = "foobar";
71char *charset = "of";
72size_t span;
73
74span = strspn(s, charset);
75.Ed
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr index 3 ,
78.Xr memchr 3 ,
79.Xr rindex 3 ,
80.Xr strchr 3 ,
81.Xr strcspn 3 ,
82.Xr strpbrk 3 ,
83.Xr strrchr 3 ,
84.Xr strsep 3 ,
85.Xr strstr 3 ,
86.Xr strtok 3
87.Sh STANDARDS
88The
89.Fn strspn
90function
91conforms to
92.St -ansiC .
93