NAME

       strspn - get length of a substring

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.h>

       size_t strspn(const char *s1, const char *s2);

DESCRIPTION

       The  strspn()  function shall compute the length (in bytes) of the maximum initial segment
       of the string pointed to by s1 which consists entirely of bytes from the string pointed to
       by s2.

RETURN VALUE

       The  strspn()  function  shall  return  the  length  of s1; no return value is reserved to
       indicate an error.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       strcspn() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <string.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2003  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by
       the  Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE  and  The  Open  Group
       Standard,  the  original  IEEE  and  The  Open Group Standard is the referee document. The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .