// strlen example
// Get string length 
// source: http://www.cplusplus.com/

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

#define SIZE 256

int main()
{
  char input[SIZE];
  char array1[]="";
  char array2[]="1";

  printf ("array1 is %u characters long.\n",(unsigned)strlen(array1));
  printf ("array2 is %u characters long.\n",(unsigned)strlen(array2));

  printf("now enter a sentence: ");
  fgets(input, sizeof(input), stdin);

  // A newline character makes fgets stop reading, but it is considered a valid 
  // character by the function and included in the string copied to str.
  printf ("The sizeof input  is %u characters long.\n",(unsigned)sizeof(input));
  printf ("The strlen in input is %u characters long.\n",(unsigned)strlen(input));
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}