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STRDEL(3)                    C Programmer's Manual                   STRDEL(3)

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(3)