strlen.3 (433B)
1 .TH strlen 3 2 .SH NAME 3 strlen - determine the length of a string 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 #include <string.h> 6 7 size_t strlen(const char *s) 8 .SH DESCRIPTION 9 The 10 .BR strlen () 11 function counts the number of bytes in the null-terminated string 12 pointed to by 13 .IR s , 14 not including the terminating null byte. 15 .SH RETURN VALUE 16 The number of bytes preceding the terminating null byte in 17 .I s 18 is returned. 19 .SH STANDARDS 20 ISO/IEC 9899:1999 Section 7.21.6.3