std::strspn(3)

NAME
std::strspn - std::strspn

Synopsis
   Defined in header <cstring>
   size_t strspn( const char* dest, const char* src );
   Returns the length of the maximum initial segment (span) of the byte string pointed
   to by dest, that consists of only the characters found in byte string pointed to by
   src.

Parameters
   dest - pointer to the null-terminated byte string to be analyzed
   src - pointer to the null-terminated byte string that contains the characters to
          search for

Return value
   The length of the maximum initial segment that contains only characters from byte
   string pointed to by src.

Example
// Run this code
 #include <cstring>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 const char* low_alpha = "qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm";
 int main()
 {
     std::string s = "abcde312$#@";
     std::size_t spnsz = std::strspn(s.c_str(), low_alpha);
     std::cout << "After skipping initial lowercase letters from '" << s
               << "'\nThe remainder is '" << s.substr(spnsz) << "'\n";
 }

Output:
 After skipping initial lowercase letters from 'abcde312$#@'
 The remainder is '312$#@'

See also
           returns the length of the maximum initial segment that consists
   strcspn of only the characters not found in another byte string
           (function)
           returns the length of the maximum initial segment that consists
   wcsspn of only the wide characters found in another wide string
           (function)
   strpbrk finds the first location of any character from a set of separators
           (function)
   C documentation for
   strspn