NAME

std::strspn - std::strspn

Synopsis

Defined in header <cstring>
size_t strspn( const char* dest, const char* src );

Returns the length of the maximum initial segment (span) of the byte string pointed
to by dest, that consists of only the characters found in byte string pointed to by
src.

Parameters

dest - pointer to the null-terminated byte string to be analyzed
src - pointer to the null-terminated byte string that contains the characters to
search for

Return value

The length of the maximum initial segment that contains only characters from byte
string pointed to by src

Example

// Run this code

#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

const char *low_alpha = "qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm";
int main()
{
std::string s = "abcde312$#@";

std::size_t spnsz = std::strspn(s.c_str(), low_alpha);
std::cout << "After skipping initial lowercase letters from '" << s
<< "'\nThe remainder is '" << s.substr(spnsz) << "'\n";
}

Output:

After skipping initial lowercase letters from 'abcde312$#@'
The remainder is '312$#@'

See also

returns the length of the maximum initial segment that consists
strcspn of only the characters not found in another byte string
(function)
returns the length of the maximum initial segment that consists
wcsspn of only the wide characters found in another wide string
(function)
strpbrk finds the first location of any character from a set of separators
(function)