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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/bstrlen.tm.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 bstrlen Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Get the length of a binary string

Syntax

UInt_Type bstrlen (BString_Type s)

Description

The bstrlen function may be used to obtain the length of a binary string. A binary string differs from an ordinary string (a C string) in that a binary string may include null chracters.

Example

    variable s = "hello\0";
    len = bstrlen (s);      % ==> len = 6
    len = strlen (s);       % ==> len = 5
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