C library functions -strlen()

C Standard Library - <string.h>

Description

C Library Functionssize_t strlen(const char *str) Calculate StringstrThe length, up to but not including the null terminating character.

Declaration

Below is the declaration of the strlen() function.

size_t strlen(const char *str)

Parameter

  • str-- The string whose length is to be calculated.

Return Value

This function returns the length of the string.

Example

The following example demonstrates the usage of the strlen() function.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main ()
{
   char str[50];
   int len;

   strcpy(str, "This is example.com");

   len = strlen(str);
   printf("|%s| 的长度是 |%d|\n", str, len);
   
   return(0);
}

Let us compile and run the above program, which will produce the following result:

|This is example.com| 的长度是 |18|

C Standard Library - <string.h>

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