STRLEN

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: April 12, 1993
 

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)