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33.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/strlen.3,v 1.9 2009/04/07 13:42:53 trasz Exp $
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35.Dd February 28, 2009
36.Dt STRLEN 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm strlen, strnlen
40.Nd find length of string
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In string.h
45.Ft size_t
46.Fn strlen "const char *s"
47.Ft size_t
48.Fn strnlen "const char *s" "size_t maxlen"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Fn strlen
52function
53computes the length of the string
54.Fa s .
55The
56.Fn strnlen
57function attempts to compute the length of
58.Fa s ,
59but never scans beyond the first
60.Fa maxlen
61bytes of
62.Fa s .
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64The
65.Fn strlen
66function
67returns
68the number of characters that precede the
69terminating
70.Dv NUL
71character.
72The
73.Fn strnlen
74function returns either the same result as
75.Fn strlen
76or
77.Fa maxlen ,
78whichever is smaller.
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr string 3 ,
81.Xr wcslen 3 ,
82.Xr wcswidth 3
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Fn strlen
86function
87conforms to
88.St -isoC .
89The
90.Fn strnlen
91function conforms to
92.St -p1003.1-2008 .