#include "string_utils.h"

#include <ctype.h>
#include <stddef.h>

ssize_t skip_blanks(char **str)
{
    if (str == NULL || *str == NULL)
    {
        return 0;
    }
    ssize_t skipped = 0;
    while (*str[skipped] != '\0' && !isblank(str[skipped]))
    {
        skipped++;
    }
    *str += skipped;
    return skipped;
}