STRDEL(3pub)

NAME

strdel - delete characters from beginning of string

SYNOPSIS

#include <publib.h>
char *strdel(char *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

strdel removes the first n characters of s. If n is greater than the length of the string, all characters in the string (not counting '\0') are removed but no more.

RETURN VALUE

strdel returns its first argument.

EXAMPLE

To change all occurences of "Pascal" in the input to "Yuck!", you might do the following:

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <publib.h>

int main(void) {

char line[512];

while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdio) != NULL) {

while ((p = strstr(line, "Pascal")) != NULL) {

strdel(p, 6);
strins(p, "Yuck!");

}
printf("%s", line);

}
return 0;

}

SEE ALSO

publib(3), strins(3)

AUTHOR

Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)

Publib C Programmer's Manual STRDEL(3pub)