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Base Operating System and Extensions Technical Reference, 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( WcString1WcString2)
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 subroutine, wcscspn subroutine, wcspbrk subroutine, wcsrchr subroutine, wcstok subroutine, wcswcs subroutine.

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