Language Ccpp Cref Examples Lenstr.c

/ ************************************************************************
 *
 * Purpose: Find the length of a string.
 *	 This duplicates the strlen function found in string.h
 * Author: M J Leslie
 * Date: 20-Mar-94
 *
 ************************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
int lenstr(const char *text);
main()
{
 char kb_buf[80];				/* Keyboard buffer	*/
 puts(" Please enter some text ");
 printf("Text is %d characters long.\n", lenstr(gets(kb_buf)));
}
/************************************************************************
 *
 *	Find the length of a string - does not check if we fall off
 *	the end of the text buffer. oops.
 *
 ************************************************************************/
int lenstr(const char *text)
{
 int count=-1;				/* Character counter	*/
 while(text[++count] != '0円') ;		/* Serach for a null	*/
 return(count);				/* Return the position 
						 * of the NULL-1	*/
}

.