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C / ANSI-C » String » String Length Screenshots  Return string length: how to use strlen #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main () {   char str[256];   printf ("Enter a sentence: ");   gets (str);   printf ( "%s is %u characters long\n", str, strlen( str ) );   return 0; }                     Related examples in the same category 1. String length 2. Computes the length of a line 3. Lengths of strings 4. Get the string length 5. Get length of substring composed of given characters 6. Add null terminator to string end 7. print the string forward and backwards 8. String operator: get length, compare and find a char 9. Get length of substring composed of given characters: how to use strspn 10. Check string length and set string end