---
name: "scan_whitenskip"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libowfat-dev"
version: "0.32-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/scan_whitenskip"
---

# scan\_whitenskip(3)

skip whitespace

## NAME

scan\_whitenskip - skip whitespace

## SYNTAX

**#include \<libowfat/scan.h\>**

size\_t **scan\_whitenskip**(const char \**src*,size\_t *limit*);

## DESCRIPTION

scan\_whitenskip returns the length of the maximum prefix of *src* that consists solely of whitespace characters as defined by **isspace**.

Normally, this is ' ', '\\f', '\\n', '\\r', '\\t', '\\v'.

## SEE ALSO

[scan\_nonwhitenskip(3)](/scan_nonwhitenskip/3.md)