STRLEN

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2014-02-25
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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.  

ATTRIBUTES

 

Multithreading (see pthreads(7))

The strlen() function is thread-safe.  

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.  

SEE ALSO

string(3), strnlen(3), wcslen(3), wcsnlen(3)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ATTRIBUTES
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

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