C language strlen function with new line character in the string

Question

Generally strlen() function in C language returns unsigned int but if the string has new line character then what will be the output? For example: What will be the output of strlen("stack\n") in C language?

Answer 1

strlen("stack\n") --> 6. Nothing special about '\n' .

Answer 2

" What will be the output of strlen("stack\n") ? "

6 . The newline character such as any character except '\0' (NUL) is counted as any character else.

" Generally strlen() function in C language returns unsigned int . "

That is not correct. strlen() returns a size_t value which is quite a distinct type from unsigned int , although in most implementations size_t can be an alias for unsigned int . But to keep the difference is important.

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Note: If the string is stored in an char array instead (it is not a string literal and with that immutable) and you want to remove the newline, you can use strcspn() :

char a[7] = "stack\n";        // 7 elements, not 6. Required to store terminating NUL.

printf("%zu\n", strlen(a));   // This will print 6.

a[strcspn(a, "\n")] = 0;      // Replace newline with NUL.

printf("%zu", strlen(a));     // This will print 5.