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Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions , Volume 2


wcsspn Subroutine

Purpose

Returns the number of wide characters in the initial segment of a string.

Library

Standard C Library (libc.a)

Syntax

#include <wcstr.h>

size_t wcsspn( WcString1 WcString2)
const wchar_t *WcString1, *WcString2;

Description

The wcsspn subroutine computes the number of wchar_t characters in the initial segment of the string pointed to by the WcString1 parameter. The WcString1 parameter consists entirely of wchar_t characters from the string pointed to by the WcString2 parameter.

Parameters


WcString1 Points to the initial segment of a string.
WcString2 Points to a set of characters string.

Return Values

The wcsspn subroutine returns the number of wchar_t characters in the segment.

Implementation Specifics

This subroutine is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.

Related Information

The wcschr (wcscat, wcschr, wcscmp, wcscpy, or wcscspn Subroutine) subroutine, wcscspn (wcscat, wcschr, wcscmp, wcscpy, or wcscspn Subroutine) subroutine, wcspbrk (wcspbrk Subroutine) subroutine, wcsrchr (wcsrchr Subroutine) subroutine, wcstok (wcstok Subroutine) subroutine, wcswcs (wcswcs Subroutine) subroutine.

National Language Support Overview for Programming, Subroutines Overview, Understanding Wide Character String Search Subroutines in AIX 5L Version 5.1 General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs.


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