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strlen
—character string lengthSynopsis
#include <string.h> size_t strlen(const char *str);
Description
The strlen
function works out the length of the string
starting at *str
by counting chararacters until it
reaches a NULL
character.
Returns
strlen
returns the character count.
Portability
strlen
is ANSI C.
strlen
requires no supporting OS subroutines.