Linux / Unix Command: strlen

Command Library

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, not including the terminating `\0' character.  

RETURN VALUE

The strlen() function returns the number of characters in s.  

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899  

SEE ALSO

string(3)

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