The Single UNIX ® Specification, Version 2
Copyright © 1997 The Open Group

NAME

strlen - get string length

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

size_t strlen(const char *s);

DESCRIPTION

The strlen() function computes the number of bytes in the string to which s points, not including the terminating null byte.

RETURN VALUE

The strlen() function returns the length of s; no return value is reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

<string.h>.

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