This C Program uses recursive function & calculates the length of a string. The user enters a string to find it’s length.
Here is the source code of the C program to find the length of a string. The C Program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.
/*
* C program to find the length of a string
*/
#include <stdio.h>
int length(char [], int);
int main()
{
char word[20];
int count;
printf("Enter a word to count it's length: ");
scanf("%s", word);
count = length(word, 0);
printf("The number of characters in %s are %d.\n", word, count);
return 0;
}
int length(char word[], int index)
{
if (word[index] == '\0')
{
return 0;
}
return (1 + length(word, index + 1));
}
$ cc pgm17.c $ a.out Enter a word to count it's length: 5 The number of characters in 5 are 1. $ a.out Enter a word to count it's length: sanfoundry The number of characters in sanfoundry are 10.
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