NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strlen -- find length of string

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     size_t
     strlen(const char *s);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strlen() function computes the length of the string s.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strlen() function returns the number of characters that precede the
     terminating NUL character.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     string(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strlen() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89'').


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