C - strspn() function

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C strspn() function - Get length of a substring

Syntax:

size_t strspn(const char *str1, const char *str2)

The strspn() function is used to compute the length (in bytes) of the maximum initial segment of the string pointed to by str1 which consists entirely of bytes from the string pointed to by str2.

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required /Optional
str1	Null-terminated string to search.	Required
str2	Null-terminated character set.	Required

Return value from strspn()

The strspn() function shall return the computed length.
No return value is reserved to indicate an error.

Example: strspn() function.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
int main(void)
{
   char string[] = "Programming";
   char source[] = "Pogr";
   int  result;
   result = strspn( string, source );
   printf( "The first %d characters of \"%s\" are found in \"%s\"\n", result, string, source );
   char source1[] = "Po";
   result = strspn( string, source1 );
   printf( "\nThe first %d characters of \"%s\" are found in \"%s\"\n", result, string, source1 );
   char source2[] = "Por";
   result = strspn( string, source2 );
   printf( "\nThe first %d characters of \"%s\" are found in \"%s\"\n", result, string, source2 );
   char source3[] = "Porm";
   result = strspn( string, source3 );
   printf( "\nThe first %d characters of \"%s\" are found in \"%s\"\n", result, string, source3 );
   char source4[] = "orm";
   result = strspn( string, source4 );
   printf( "\nThe first %d characters of \"%s\" are found in \"%s\"\n", result, string, source4 );
}

Output:

The first 5 characters of "Programming" are found in "Pogr"

The first 1 characters of "Programming" are found in "Po"

The first 3 characters of "Programming" are found in "Por"

The first 3 characters of "Programming" are found in "Porm"

The first 0 characters of "Programming" are found in "orm"

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