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.TH strnlen l "22 Oct 1996" "BEGEMOT" "BEGEMOT Library"
.SH NAME
strnlen - get length of a string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.LP
.B "# include <string.h>"
.B "# include <begemot.h>"
.LP
.BR "size_t strnlen(const char *" "s" ", size_t " "n" ");"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function returns the length of the string, pointed to by
.IR s .
Not more than
.I n
characters are checked for a NUL character.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
If a NUL character is found in the first
.IR n -1
characters of the string, the length of the string (as reported
by
.BR strlen (3C)
is returned. If no NUL is found,
.I n
is returned.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR strlen (3C)