wcslen(3)

wcslen3

Determine the length of a wide-character string

Usage

#include <wchar.h>

size_t wcslen(const wchar_t *s);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

The wcslen() function is the wide-character equivalent of the strlen(3) function. It determines the length of the wide-character string pointed to by s, excluding the terminating null wide character (L'\0').

Return value

The wcslen() function returns the number of wide characters in s.

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

InterfaceAttributeValue
wcslen()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Notes

In cases where the input buffer may not contain a terminating null wide character, wcsnlen(3) should be used instead.

Releases

14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 13 times.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0
  5. 5.0
  6. 6.0
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. Arch

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.