NAME

       strdel - delete characters from beginning of string

SYNOPSIS

       #include <publib.h>
       char *strdel(char *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       strdel  removes  the  first  n  characters  of  s.  If n is greater than the length of the
       string, all characters in the string (not counting '\0') are removed but no more.

RETURN VALUE

       strdel returns its first argument.

EXAMPLE

       To change all occurences of "Pascal" in the input to "Yuck!", you might do the following:

            #include <string.h>
            #include <stdio.h>
            #include <publib.h>

            int main(void) {
                 char line[512];

                 while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdio) != NULL) {
                      while ((p = strstr(line, "Pascal")) != NULL) {
                           strdel(p, 6);
                           strins(p, "Yuck!");
                      }
                      printf("%s", line);
                 }
                 return 0;
            }

SEE ALSO

       publib(3), strins(3)

AUTHOR

       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)