WCSLEN(3)

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
 | Thread safety | MT-Safe

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

NOTES
In cases where the input buffer may not contain a terminating null wide character, wcsnlen(3) should be used instead.

SEE ALSO
strlen(3)

COLOPHON
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