Name

strspn

Synopsis

int strspn(string string, string characters[, int offset[, int length]])

Returns the length of the substring in string that consists solely of characters in characters. If offset is positive, the search starts at that character; if it is negative, the substring starts at the character offset characters from the string’s end. If length is given and is positive, that many characters from the start of the substring are checked. If length is given and is negative, the check ends length characters from the end of string.

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