This message was edited by tokoG at 2006-3-30 23:34:2

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Hi!

I came accross the new string function, strspn and checked what it does.
This site had pretty good explanation http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/cstring/strspn.html but, all in all, I think what it does is return the number(length) of what it matches to the other string.

In here, strtext & cset both contains 1 & 2 & 9, that's why the return is 3. Am I right?

/* strspn example */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main ()
{
  int i;
  char strtext[] = "129th";
  char cset[] = "1234567890";

  i = strspn (strtext,cset);
  printf ("Length of initial number is %d\n",i);
  return 0;
}

Output:
Length of initial number is 3

I don't know how this could be useful..?

: This message was edited by tokoG at 2006-3-30 23:34:2

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:
: Hi!
:
: I came accross the new string function, strspn and checked what it does.
: This site had pretty good explanation http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/cstring/strspn.html but, all in all, I think what it does is return the number(length) of what it matches to the other string.
:
: In here, strtext & cset both contains 1 & 2 & 9, that's why the return is 3. Am I right?
:

: /* strspn example */
: #include <stdio.h>
: #include <string.h>
: 
: int main ()
: {
:   int i;
:   char strtext[] = "129th";
:   char cset[] = "1234567890";
: 
:   i = strspn (strtext,cset);
:   printf ("Length of initial number is %d\n",i);
:   return 0;
: }
: 
: Output:
: Length of initial number is 3
: 

:
: I don't know how this could be useful..?
:
:
:
:
:

From MSDN:
Returns the index of the first character in a string that does not belong to a set of characters.


In your example, the letter 't' in "129th" is the first character that does not occur in the string "1234567890".
The 't' is at position 3 (zero based) in "129th", that's why the return value is 3.

Greets,
Eric Goldstein
www.gvh-maatwerk.nl

: From MSDN:
: Returns the index of the first character in a string that does not belong to a set of characters.
:
:
: In your example, the letter 't' in "129th" is the first character that does not occur in the string "1234567890".
: The 't' is at position 3 (zero based) in "129th", that's why the return value is 3.
:
: Greets,
: Eric Goldstein
: www.gvh-maatwerk.nl
:


Cool. Very thanks you now I get it.
I tried with the following the result was 4

char strtext[] = "129th";
char cset[] = "12t4567890";

Because 'h' is the one that doesn't occur in the other string. :)