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30 .TH STRLEN 3 2021-03-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
32 strlen \- calculate the length of a string
35 .B #include <string.h>
37 .BI "size_t strlen(const char *" s );
42 function calculates the length of the string pointed to by
44 excluding the terminating null byte (\(aq\e0\(aq).
48 function returns the number of bytes in the string pointed to by
51 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
59 Interface Attribute Value
62 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
68 In cases where the input buffer may not contain
69 a terminating null byte,
71 should be used instead.
73 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, C11, SVr4, 4.3BSD.