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P066.c

Problem Statement

WAP to find the length of a string using i) Library Method ii) User defined method

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Author Amit Dutta (amitdutta4255@gmail.com)
License MIT
Difficulty Beginner (index: 0 / 10)

Concepts

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  • Recursion
  • Array
  • Iteration

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Source Code

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

int sLength(char str[])
{
    int i = 0;
    while (str[i] != '\0')
    {
        i++;
    }
    return i;
}

int main()
{
    char str[30];
    int len;
    printf("Enter the string: ");
    gets(str);
    len = strlen(str);
    printf("Length of the string: %d", len);
    printf("\nLength of the string (U-D): %d", len);
    return 0;
}

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    CODE (P066.c):

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

    int sLength(char str[])
    {
        int i = 0;
        while (str[i] != '\0')
        {
            i++;
        }
        return i;
    }

    int main()
    {
        char str[30];
        int len;
        printf("Enter the string: ");
        gets(str);
        len = strlen(str);
        printf("Length of the string: %d", len);
        printf("\nLength of the string (U-D): %d", len);
        return 0;
    }