find length of string

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INTERFACE

#include <string.h>
size_t strlen ( const char *s )

DESCRIPTION

The strlen function computes the length of the string s.

Example 1
Workings

\code #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main() { char s[20] = "abcde1010101"; printf("The length of \"%s\" is %d characters.
", s, strlen(s)); return 0; } \endcode

Solution

Output:

The length of "abcde1010101" is 12 characters.

RETURN VALUES

The strlen function returns the number of characters that precede the terminating NUL character.

STANDARDS

The strlen function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 ("ISO C90").