How to find the length of a string in C

usestrlen()Provided functionsCStandard librarystring.hhead File.

char name[7] = "Flavio";
strlen(name);

This function returns the length of the string as an integer value.

Working example:

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
  char name[7] = "Flavio";
  int length = strlen(name);
  printf("Name length: %u", length);
}

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