C Tutorial/String/String Length
Lengths of strings
<source lang="cpp">#include <stdio.h> int main(void) {
char str1[] = "AAA"; int count = 0; while (str1[count] != "\0") /* Increment count till we reach the string terminating character.*/ count++; printf("\nThe length of the string \"%s\" is %d characters.", str1, count); return 0;
}</source>
The length of the string "AAA" is 3 characters.