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strlen(3)                  Library Functions Manual                  strlen(3)

NAME
       strlen - calculate the length of a string

LIBRARY
       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <string.h>

       size_t strlen(const char *s);

DESCRIPTION
       The strlen() function calculates the length of the string pointed to by
       s, excluding the terminating null byte ('\0').

RETURN VALUE
       The strlen() function returns the number of bytes in the string pointed
       to by s.

ATTRIBUTES
       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see at-
       tributes(7).

       ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │InterfaceAttributeValue   │
       ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │strlen()                                    │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99, C11, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

NOTES
       In cases where the input buffer may  not  contain  a  terminating  null
       byte, strnlen(3) should be used instead.

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

Linux man-pages 6.03              2023-02-05                         strlen(3)

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