C – strlen() STRING HANDLING FUNCTIONS

C – strlen() function

• ·         strlen( ) function gives the length of the given string. 
• ·          strlen( ) function counts the number of characters in a given string and returns the integer value.
• ·         It stops counting the character when null character is found. Because, null character indicates the end of the string in C.

Syntax                        :          int  strlen(string);

/* PROGRAM TO FIND LENGTH OF THE GIVEN STRING */

#include<string.h>

main()

{

            char str[50];

             int n;

            clrscr();

            printf("\nEnter a string:");

            gets(str);

            strlen(str)

            printf("\n STRING LENGTH IS:%d", strlen(str));

}