strnlen.c File Reference

#include <config.h>
#include <string.h>

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size_t	strnlen (const char *string, size_t maxlen)
	Find the length of STRING, but scan at most MAXLEN characters. More...

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strnlen()

size_t strnlen	(	const char *	string,
		size_t	maxlen
	)

Find the length of STRING, but scan at most MAXLEN characters.

Copyright (C) 2005-2007, 2009-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Written by Simon Josefsson.

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Find the length of STRING, but scan at most MAXLEN characters. If no '\0' terminator is found in that many characters, return MAXLEN.

Definition at line 26 of file strnlen.c.

{
  const char *end = memchr (string, '\0', maxlen);
  return end ? (size_t) (end - string) : maxlen;
}

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Referenced by strndup().

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