RTEMS GNU Tools On-Line Library

4.19: strlen---character string length

Synopsis

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

Description
The strlen function works out the length of the string starting at *str by counting chararacters until it reaches a NULL character.

Returns
strlen returns the character count.

Portability
strlen is ANSI C.

strlen requires no supporting OS subroutines.

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