length.h

// Copyright 2021 The Pigweed Authors
//
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#pragma once
 
#include <cstddef>
 
namespace pw {
namespace string {
namespace internal {
 
// Calculates the length of a null-terminated string up to the specified maximum
// length. If str is nullptr, returns 0.
//
// This function is a constexpr version of C11's strnlen_s.
//
// WARNING: this will return a length even if the string is NOT null-terminated!
// ClampedCString and NullTerminatedLength are recommended which are built on
// top of this.
constexpr size_t ClampedLength(const char* str, size_t max_len) {
  size_t length = 0;
 
  if (str != nullptr) {
    for (; length < max_len; ++length) {
      if (str[length] == '\0') {
        break;
      }
    }
  }
 
  return length;
}
 
}  // namespace internal
}  // namespace string
}  // namespace pw