wcslen (3) - Linux Manuals

wcslen: determine the length of a wide-character string

Command to display wcslen manual in Linux: $ man 3 wcslen

NAME

wcslen - determine the length of a wide-character string

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

size_t wcslen(const wchar_t *s);

DESCRIPTION

The wcslen() function is the wide-character equivalent of the strlen(3) function. It determines the length of the wide-character string pointed to by s, excluding the terminating null wide character (L'\0').

RETURN VALUE

The wcslen() function returns the number of wide characters in s.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
wcslen()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.

COLOPHON

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