ustrlen(3)

✨ ustrlen — bestie edition ✨

okay so this is ustrlen(3), straight out of the Allegro game programming library 💖 it counts characters, that's the whole gig, and it's lowkey iconic for it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ustrlen — tells you the number of characters in a string. part of the Allegro game programming library, no cap 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro.h>

int ustrlen(const char *s);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so like, this function returns the number of characters in s. that's it. that's the whole function. she's simple, she's clean, she ate 🍓

but wait — plot twist — this number doesn't have to equal the string's size in bytes. the way that characters and bytes are just not the same thing?? 💀 yeah. ustrlen is counting actual characters, so if you're out here assuming one char = one byte you are gonna have a bad time, bestie. keep that in mind, fr fr 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• uconvert(3)
• ustrsize(3)
• ustrsizez(3)

version 4.4.3 of Allegro, babes — that's the vibe, that's the whole page, go forth and count your characters correctly ✨🫶💜

mwah 💋 slay, and remember: characters ≠ bytes, periodt 🌈⭐