SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

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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 characters in the string pointed to by s.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
strlen()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, C11, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

COLOPHON

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