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5.29 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.