scan_nonwhitenskip(3)

✨ scan_nonwhitenskip(3) ✨

okay bestie, buckle up, we're doing a lil library function today and honestly? she's a baddie. this one lives in the Library Functions Manual and her whole name is scan_nonwhitenskip 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

scan_nonwhitenskip — skip non-whitespace 💖

like, that's it. that's the job. she skips the stuff that isn't whitespace. iconic behaviour, no notes.

🌸 SYNTAX 🌸

#include <libowfat/scan.h>

size_t scan_nonwhitenskip(const char *src,size_t limit);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea, fr fr: scan_nonwhitenskip returns the length of the maximum prefix of src that consists solely of non-whitespace characters, as defined by !isspace. 🫶

in normal-people terms? she walks along your string and counts how many characters in a row are not whitespace, then hands you that number back. that's the whole vibe. she does not care about anything past the first whitespace she trips over — she just stops, turns around, and goes "that's how far I got bestie" 😌

normally, "whitespace" here means everything except these lil guys:

• ' '
• '\f'
• '\n'
• '\r'
• '\t'
• '\v'

so it's literally every other character, periodt. 🌈

also important, don't skip this part: src is considered to end at \0 or after limit characters. so whichever comes first, that's the finish line. she will not run past either one, no cap. 🏁

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• scan_nonwhitenskip(3)

(yeah she's referencing herself, main character energy only 😭👑)

and that's the whole page, babe ✨ this lil writeup came to you straight from the Library Functions Manual, starring scan_nonwhitenskip(3) herself — go forth and skip some non-whitespace, you absolute icon 💖🦋🌸💅