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33.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/string/strlen.3 165903 2007-01-09 00:28:16Z imp $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/string/strlen.3 189136 2009-02-28 06:00:58Z das $ |
34.\" | 34.\" |
35.Dd June 4, 1993 | 35.Dd February 28, 2009 |
36.Dt STRLEN 3 37.Os 38.Sh NAME | 36.Dt STRLEN 3 37.Os 38.Sh NAME |
39.Nm strlen | 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" | 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" |
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47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48The 49.Fn strlen 50function 51computes the length of the string 52.Fa s . | 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 . |
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53.Sh RETURN VALUES 54The 55.Fn strlen 56function 57returns 58the number of characters that precede the 59terminating 60.Dv NUL 61character. | 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. |
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62.Sh SEE ALSO 63.Xr string 3 64.Sh STANDARDS 65The 66.Fn strlen 67function 68conforms to 69.St -isoC . | 79.Sh SEE ALSO 80.Xr string 3 81.Sh STANDARDS 82The 83.Fn strlen 84function 85conforms to 86.St -isoC . |
87The 88.Fn strnlen 89function conforms to 90.St -p1003.1-2008 . |
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