C program for calculating the length of the string without using strlen() function

Length of the string without using strlen() function

In this article we will be learning about how to work with strings in C programming. This is one of the basic operation on String datatype to count it’s length without using any library functions so that we may understand how does library function eventually work.

length of the string without using strlen

Methods discussed

  • Method 1: Standard method
  • Method 2: Using pointers
  • Method 3: Using Recursion Bottom-up
  • Method 4: Using recursion top-down

Algorithm:

Let’s look at the algorithm for length of string in C without strlen

  • Initialize a variable ‘str’ , ‘i’ , ‘length’.
  • Accept the value using ‘printf’ and ‘scanf’.
  • Initiate a for loop.
  • Terminate the loop when null(‘\0’).
  • Print length.

C code for Length of the string without using strlen() function.

Method 1

Run
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
   //Initializing variable.
    char str[100];
    int i,length=0;
    
     //Accepting input.
    printf("Enter a string: \n");
    scanf("%s",str);

     //Initializing for loop.
    for(i=0; str[i]!='\0'; i++)
    {
        length++; //Counting the length.
    }
    
    printf("\nLength of input string: %d",length);
    
     return 0;
}
Output:
Enter a string:
PREPINSTA
Length of input string: 9Enter a string:

Method 2 – (Using Pointer)

  • Initialize a variable ‘str’ , ‘i’ , ‘length’.
  • Accept the value using ‘printf’ and ‘scanf’.
  • call the function length_of_string and pass str as a parameter store this in length.
  • in the function loop over the string and Terminate the loop when null(‘\0’).
  • Print length.
Run
#include <stdio.h> 
int length_of_string(char* p) {
    int count = 0;

    while (*p != '\0') {
        count++;
        p++;
    }

    return count;
}
int main() {
    char str[100];
    int length;

    printf("Enter any string : ");
    gets(str);
    length = length_of_string(str);

    printf("The length of the given string : %d", length);

    return 0;
}

Output

Enter any string : Prepinsta

The length of the given string : 9

Method 3 – (Using Recursion, bottom-up)

This method uses recursion in C.

We will discuss the method in two ways –

  • Method 1: Using pointers
  • Method 2: Sending the next array index location

Method 4 – (Using Recursion, top-down)

This method uses recursion in C.

We will discuss the method in two ways –

  • Method 1: Using pointers
  • Method 2: Sending the next array index location

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