WCSCSPN
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 1999-07-25
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NAME
wcscspn - search a wide-character string for any of a set of wide characters
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
size_t wcscspn(const wchar_t *wcs, const wchar_t *reject);
DESCRIPTION
The
wcscspn()
function is the wide-character equivalent
of the
strcspn(3)
function.
It determines the length of the longest initial segment of wcs
which consists entirely of wide-characters not listed in reject.
In
other words, it searches for the first occurrence in the wide-character
string wcs of any of the characters in the wide-character string
reject.
RETURN VALUE
The
wcscspn()
function returns the number of
wide characters in the longest
initial segment of wcs which consists entirely of wide-characters not
listed in reject.
In other words, it returns the position of the first
occurrence in the wide-character string wcs
of any of the characters in
the wide-character string reject,
or wcslen(wcs) if there is none.
CONFORMING TO
C99.
SEE ALSO
strcspn(3),
wcspbrk(3),
wcsspn(3)
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