Originální popis anglicky: 
strspn, strcspn - search a string for a set of characters
Návod, kniha: Linux Programmer's Manual
#include <string.h>
 
size_t strspn(const char *s, const char *accept);
 
size_t strcspn(const char *s, const char *reject);
The 
strspn() function calculates the length of the initial segment of
  
s which consists entirely of characters in 
accept.
The 
strcspn() function calculates the length of the initial segment of
  
s which consists entirely of characters not in 
reject.
The 
strspn() function returns the number of characters in the initial
  segment of 
s which consist only of characters from 
accept.
The 
strcspn() function returns the number of characters in the initial
  segment of 
s which are not in the string 
reject.
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899
index(3), 
memchr(3), 
rindex(3), 
strchr(3),
  
strpbrk(3), 
strsep(3), 
strstr(3), 
strtok(3)