mtext_cspn(3m17n)

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version 1.8.4 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

mtext_cspn — bestie it literally has no one-line summary in the source, it's giving mysterious 💅 so we're just gonna say: it's the M-text complement-span girlie.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int mtext_cspn (MText * mt, MText * reject)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: you've got an M-text and you want to find out how far you can walk through it before you bump into a character you're actively avoiding. That's literally the whole vibe. Search an M-text for the complement of a set of characters.

So mtext_cspn() returns the length of the initial segment of M-text mt1 that consists entirely of characters not in M-text mt2.

🫶 tiny heads-up bestie: the synopsis calls the arguments mt and reject, and the description calls them mt1 and mt2. Same girls, different names, no cap — we're keeping both exactly as they were written. 😭

In other words: it counts, from the very start of the text, how many characters in a row are NOT in your reject set. The second one of them shows up? Boom, the count stops right there. Periodt. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • mtext_spn() — the other half of the duo, go say hi 👑

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Version 1.8.4 · Mon Sep 25 2023 · m17n Library — mwah, love u, go count some characters 🌈🎀🍓

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