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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 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.


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


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