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NAME top

   wcscspn - search a wide-character string for any of a set of wide
   characters

LIBRARY top

   Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <wchar.h>**

   **size_t wcscspn(const wchar_t ***_wcs_**, const wchar_t ***_reject_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   The **wcscspn**() function is the wide-character equivalent of the
   [strcspn(3)](../man3/strcspn.3.html) 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 top

   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(wcs)_ if there is none.

ATTRIBUTES top

   For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
   [attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
   ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
   │ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
   ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
   │ **wcscspn**()                            │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
   └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS top

   C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY top

   POSIX.1-2001, C99.

SEE ALSO top

   [strcspn(3)](../man3/strcspn.3.html), [wcspbrk(3)](../man3/wcspbrk.3.html), [wcsspn(3)](../man3/wcsspn.3.html)

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