strnlen(3) Library Functions Manual strnlen(3) strnlen - C (libc, -lc) #include size_t strnlen(const char s[.maxlen], size_t maxlen); glibc (. feature_test_macros(7)): strnlen(): glibc 2.10: _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L glibc 2.10: _BSD_SOURCE The strnlen() function returns the number of bytes in the string pointed to by s, excluding the terminating null byte ('\0'), but at most maxlen. In doing this, strnlen() looks only at the first maxlen characters in the string pointed to by s and never beyond s[maxlen-1]. The strnlen() function returns strlen(s), if that is less than maxlen, or maxlen if there is no null terminating ('\0') among the first maxlen characters pointed to by s. attributes(7). +----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | | | | +----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ |strnlen() | | MT-Safe | +----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ POSIX.1-2008. POSIX.1-2008. strlen(3) () Alexander Golubev , Azamat Hackimov , Hotellook, Nikita , Spiros Georgaras , Vladislav , Yuri Kozlov ; GNU (GNU General Public License - GPL, 3 ) , - . - , , () () () <>. Linux 6.9.1 15 2024 . strnlen(3)