C++

Reference

<cwchar> (wchar.h)

function
<cwchar>

wcslen

size_t wcslen (const wchar_t* wcs);
Get wide string length
Returns the length of the C wide string wcs.

This is the number of wide characters between wcs and the first null wide character (without including it).

This is the wide character equivalent of strlen (<cstring>).

Parameters

wcs
C wide string.

Return Value

The length of C wide string.

Example

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/* wcslen example */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>

int main ()
{
  wchar_t wsInput[256];
  wprintf (L"Enter a sentence: ");
  fgetws ( wsInput, 256, stdin );  /* includes newline characters */
  wprintf (L"You entered %u characters.\n",wcslen(wsInput));
  return 0;
}

Output:

Enter sentence: just testing
You entered 13 characters.


See also

strlen
Get string length (function)
wcschr
Locate first occurrence of character in wide string (function)
wcsrchr
Locate last occurrence of character in wide string (function)