WCSCSPN(N) Linux Programmer's Manual WCSCSPN(N) NAME wcscspn - search a wide-character string for any of a set of wide characters SYNOPSIS #include <wchar.h> size_t wcscspn(const wchar_t *wcs, const wchar_t *reject); DESCRIPTION The wcscspn function is the wide-character equivalent of the strcspn function. It determines the length of the longest initial segment of wcs which consists entirely of wide-characters not listed in reject. In other words, it searches for the first occurrence in the wide-character string wcs of any of the characters in the wide-character string reject. RETURN VALUE The wcscspn function returns the number of wide characters in the longest initial segment of wcs which consists entirely of wide-characters not listed in reject. In other words, it returns the position of the first occurrence in the wide-character string wcs of any of the characters in the wide-character string reject, or wcslen(n) if there is none. CONFORMING TO ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98 SEE ALSO strcspn(n), wcspbrk(k), wcsspn(n) GNU 1999-07-25 WCSCSPN(N)