STRLEN(3P)                                          POSIX Programmer's Manual                                         STRLEN(3P)



PROLOG
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       sult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface  may  not  be  implemented  on
       Linux.

NAME
       strlen - get string length

SYNOPSIS
       #include <string.h>

       size_t strlen(const char *s);


DESCRIPTION
       The  strlen()  function  shall compute the number of bytes in the string to which s points, not including the terminating
       null byte.

RETURN VALUE
       The strlen() function shall return the length of s; no return value shall be reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
   Getting String Lengths
       The following example sets the maximum length of key and data by using strlen() to get the lengths of those strings.


              #include <string.h>
              ...
              struct element {
                  char *key;
                  char *data;
              };
              ...
              char *key, *data;
              int len;


              *keylength = *datalength = 0;
              ...
              if ((len = strlen(key)) > *keylength)
                  *keylength = len;
              if ((len = strlen(data)) > *datalength)
                  *datalength = len;
              ...

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       The Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <string.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003  Edition,  Standard  for
       Information  Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copy-
       right (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
       discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard  is  the  referee   document.   The   original   Standard   can   be   obtained   online   at   http://www.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                                    STRLEN(3P)