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14.Dd "Nov 4, 2014"
15.Dt WCSLEN 3C
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm wcslen ,
19.Nm wcsnlen
20.Nd get length of wide-character string
21.Sh SYNOPSIS
22.In wchar.h
23.
24.Ft size_t
25.Fo wcslen
26.Fa "const wchar_t *string"
27.Fc
28.
29.Ft size_t
30.Fo wcsnlen
31.Fa "const wchar_t *string"
32.Fa "size_t maxlen"
33.Fc
34.
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Fn wcslen
38and
39.Fn wcsnlen
40functions count the number of wide-characters that are present in
41.Fa string .
42They stop counting when they encounter a null wide-character.
43The terminating null wide-character is not included in the count.
44.Lp
45Additionally,
46.Fn wcsnlen
47stops counting after it has counted
48.Fa maxlen
49wide-characters.
50.Lp
51The
52.Fn wcslen
53and
54.Fn wcsnlen
55functions are the wide-character equivalents of
56.Xr strlen 3C
57and
58.Xr strnlen 3C ,
59respectively.
60.Sh RETURN VALUES
61The
62.Fn wcslen
63function returns the length of
64.Fa string .
65The
66.Fn wcsnlen
67function returns the smaller of the length of
68.Fa string
69and
70.Fa maxlen .
71.Sh ERRORS
72None.
73.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
74.Sy Standard .
75.Sh MT-LEVEL
76.Sy MT-Safe .
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr free 3C ,
79.Xr strlen 3C ,
80.Xr strnlen 3C ,
81.Xr wchar.h 3HEAD ,
82.Xr locale 7 ,
83.Xr standards 7
84.Sh STANDARDS
85The
86.Fn wcslen
87function was introduced in
88.St -xpg4
89and standardized in
90.St -isoC-99 .
91The
92.Fn wcsnlen
93function was introduced in
94.St -p1003.1-2008 .
95