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+.\" $OpenBSD: strlen.3,v 1.14 2022/07/31 14:50:32 jsg Exp $
+.\"
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+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 31 2022 $
+.Dt STRLEN 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm strlen ,
+.Nm strnlen
+.Nd find length of a string
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In string.h
+.Ft size_t
+.Fn strlen "const char *s"
+.Ft size_t
+.Fn strnlen "const char *s" "size_t maxlen"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn strlen
+function computes the length of the string
+.Fa s .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn strnlen
+function computes the length of the string
+.Fa s ,
+up to
+.Fa maxlen
+characters.
+The
+.Fn strnlen
+function will never attempt to address more than
+.Fa maxlen
+characters, making it suitable for use with character arrays that are
+not guaranteed to be NUL-terminated.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn strlen
+function returns the number of characters that precede the terminating
+.Tn NUL
+character.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn strnlen
+function returns the number of characters that precede the terminating
+.Tn NUL
+or
+.Fa maxlen ,
+whichever is smaller.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr wcslen 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn strlen
+function conforms to
+.St -ansiC .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn strlen
+and
+.Fn strnlen
+functions conform to
+.St -p1003.1-2008 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn strlen
+function first appeared in
+.At v6 .
+The
+.Fn strnlen
+function appeared in glibc 2.0
+and was reimplemented for
+.Ox 4.8 .