wcslen - determine the length of a wide-character string
Contents
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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│ wcslen() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
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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').
History
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
wcslen - determine the length of a wide-character string
Notes
In cases where the input buffer may not contain a terminating null wide character, wcsnlen(3) should be
used instead.
Return Value
The wcslen() function returns the number of wide characters in s.
See Also
strlen(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-15 wcslen(3)
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<wchar.h>size_twcslen(constwchar_t*s);