Returns the length of the prefix of a string that consists entirely of characters not in a specified set of characters. Format #include <string.h> size_t strcspn (const char *str, const char *charset);
1 – Arguments
str A pointer to a character string. If this character string is a null string, 0 is returned. charset A pointer to a character string containing the set of characters.
2 – Description
The strcspn function scans the characters in the string, stops when it encounters a character found in charset, and returns the length of the string's initial segment formed by characters not found in charset. If none of the characters match in the character strings pointed to by str and charset, strcspn returns the length of string.
3 – Return Value
x The length of the segment.