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author | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> | 2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100 |
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committer | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xenon.tklauser.home> | 2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100 |
commit | 7e0f021a9aec35fd8e6725e87e3313b101d26f5e (patch) | |
tree | b1cacc4b24393f517aeb4610e9e1021f954307a8 /reference/C/EXAMPLES/lenstr.c |
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diff --git a/reference/C/EXAMPLES/lenstr.c b/reference/C/EXAMPLES/lenstr.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf83bc0 --- /dev/null +++ b/reference/C/EXAMPLES/lenstr.c @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +/************************************************************************ + * + * 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') ; /* Serach for a null */ + + return(count); /* Return the position + * of the NULL-1 */ +} |