Length of a string in letters.

Length of a string in letters. This function ascertains how long a string is by searching for the concluding 0. Multibyte UTF8-letters are counted as one! If the string is not 0-terminated, the call can lead to significant errors.

This function does not give a response to how much memory is reserved for a string, this is something the script programmer should pay attention to him/herself.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		Length of the string without the concluding 0
s	char*	-	0-terminated string
countBytes	int	0	Count letters or bytes? 0 : Letters 1 : Bytes

Preconditions

s must be 0-terminated

char * s = alloc (10000);
if (!s) return;
strcpy (s, "abcdefg");
showmessage ("%d", strlen (s));	// 7
release (s);

Since

Available

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See Also

strsize

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