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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 ('\0').
RETURN VALUE¶
The strlen() function returns the number of bytes in the string s.
CONFORMING TO¶
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
SEE ALSO¶
COLOPHON¶
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2012-05-04 | GNU |