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+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ * 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	*/
+}