API reference / Files, memory, and strings

SDL_strlen

Function, SDL3

Gets the length of a string, not counting the null character.

Declaration

#include <SDL3/SDL.h>

size_t SDL_strlen(const char *str);

Parameters

Return value

The length in bytes.

Example

size_t length = SDL_strlen(line);

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In SDL2

The name is the same.

See also

• SDL_strchr