strpbrk

strpbrk( 
t_str1
t_str2
) 
=> t_subStr / nil

Description

Returns a substring of the first occurence in t_str1 of any character from the string pointed to by t_str2

Arguments

t_str1	Specifies the string that you need to scan
t_str2	Specifies the pattern that you need to match

Value Returned

t_substr	Returns a substring of the first occurence of any character specified in t_str2
nil	Returns nil if no occurence of any character from t_str2 is found in t_str1

Examples

s="world"

strpbrk(s "o")

=> "orld"

strpbrk(s "sssssl")

=>"ld"

strpbrk(s "ss")

=> nil

strpbrk("WORLD" "world")

=> nil

strpbrk("WORLD" " ")

=> nil

Related Topics

String Functions

strcat

strcmp

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