Function: skip-chars-backward

skip-chars-backward is a function defined in syntax.c.

Signature

(skip-chars-backward STRING &optional LIM)

Documentation

Move point backward, stopping after a char not in STRING, or at pos LIM.

See skip-chars-forward for details. Returns the distance traveled, either zero or negative.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/syntax.c
{
  return skip_chars (0, string, lim);
}