STRLEN(3) Linux Programmer's Manual STRLEN(3)
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 (' ').
RETURN VALUE
The strlen() function returns the number of bytes in the string s.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
SEE ALSO
string(3), strnlen(3), wcslen(3), wcsnlen(3)
COLOPHON
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be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
GNU
2012-05-04 STRLEN(3)
