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  s,  not including the terminating `\0'
       character.

RETURN VALUE

       The strlen() function returns the number of characters in s.

CONFORMING TO

       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO

       string(3)

                                                 April 12, 1993                                        STRLEN(3)