C strspn() Function

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C strspn()

The strspn() function finds up to what length two strings are identical.

Example

C Compiler
#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main() { char str1[] = "wikimass is awesome"; char str2[] = "wikipedia is great"; long len = strspn(str1, str2); printf("Length of initial segment matching: %ld", len); return 0; }

Output

Length of initial segment matching: 4

Syntax

size_t strspn(const char *str1, const char *str2)

Parameter Values

ValueTypeExplanation
str1RequiredSpecifies the string 1
str2RequiredSpecifies the string 2

Return Value

ValueExplanation
Number Returns the position of the string from where the source array does not matches with the target one.

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