Procedure

   ncpos_c ( NOT Character position ) 

   SpiceInt ncpos_c ( ConstSpiceChar    * str,
                      ConstSpiceChar    * chars,
                      SpiceInt            start  )

Abstract

   Find the first occurrence in a string of a character NOT belonging
   to a collection of characters, starting at a specified location,
   searching forward.

Required_Reading

   SCANNING

Keywords

   CHARACTER
   SEARCH
   UTILITY

Brief_I/O

   VARIABLE  I/O  DESCRIPTION
   --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
   str        I   Any character string.
   chars      I   A collection of characters.
   start      I   Position to begin looking for one not in chars.

   The function returns the index of the first character of str
   at or following index start that is not in the collection chars.

Detailed_Input

   str         is any character string.

   chars       is a character string containing a collection of
               characters. Spaces in chars are significant, including
               trailing blanks. The order in which characters are
               listed is not significant.

   start       is the position in str to begin looking for characters
               not in chars. start may range from 0 to n-1, where n is
               the number of characters in str.

Detailed_Output

   The function returns the index of the first character of str (at or
   following index start) that is not one of the characters in the
   string chars. The returned value normally ranges from 0 to n-1,
   where n is the number of characters in str. If no such character is
   found, the function returns -1.

Parameters

   None.

Exceptions

   1)  If `start' is less than 0, the search begins at the first
       character of the string.

   2)  If `start' is greater than the length of the string, ncpos_c
       returns -1.

   3)  If any of the `str' or `chars' input string pointers is null,
       the error SPICE(NULLPOINTER) is signaled. The function returns
       the value -1.

   4)  If any of the `str' or `chars' input string has zero length,
       the function returns the value -1. This case is not considered
       an error.

Files

   None.

Particulars

   ncpos_c is case sensitive.

   An entire family of related CSPICE routines

      cpos_c
      cposr_c
      ncpos_c
      ncposr_c
      pos_c
      posr_c

   is described in the Required Reading.

Examples

   Let string == "BOB, JOHN, TED, AND MARTIN    "
                  012345678901234567890123456789

   Let chars  == "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"


   Normal (Sequential) Searching:
   ------------------------------

      ncpos_c( string, chars,  0 ) ==  3
      ncpos_c( string, chars,  4 ) ==  4
      ncpos_c( string, chars,  5 ) ==  9
      ncpos_c( string, chars, 10 ) == 10
      ncpos_c( string, chars, 11 ) == 14
      ncpos_c( string, chars, 15 ) == 15
      ncpos_c( string, chars, 16 ) == 19
      ncpos_c( string, chars, 20 ) == 26
      ncpos_c( string, chars, 27 ) == 27
      ncpos_c( string, chars, 28 ) == 28
      ncpos_c( string, chars, 29 ) == 29

   start out of bounds:
   --------------------

      ncpos_c( string, chars, -12 ) ==  3
      ncpos_c( string, chars,  -1 ) ==  3
      ncpos_c( string, chars,  30 ) == -1
      ncpos_c( string, chars, 122 ) == -1

Restrictions

   None.

Literature_References

   None.

Author_and_Institution

   N.J. Bachman        (JPL)
   J. Diaz del Rio     (ODC Space)
   W.L. Taber          (JPL)

Version

   -CSPICE Version 1.0.1, 04-AUG-2021 (JDR)

       Edited the header to comply with NAIF standard.

   -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 14-AUG-2002 (NJB) (WLT)

Index_Entries

   forward search for position of unlisted character

Link to routine ncpos_c source file ncpos_c.c