WCSLEN(3)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 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   |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |wcslen()  | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.

SEE ALSO
       strlen(3)

COLOPHON
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