strlen (3)
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Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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NAME
strlen - calculate the length of a string
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
size_t strlen(const char *s);
DESCRIPTION
The
strlen()
function calculates the length of the string
s,
excluding the terminating null byte (aq\0aq).
RETURN VALUE
The
strlen()
function returns the number of bytes in the string
s.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
|
|
strlen()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
|
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
string(3),
strnlen(3),
wcslen(3),
wcsnlen(3)
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