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  strlen.cpp
  Neil C. Obremski
  23 JAN 1999

  Uses a simple 'while' loop to count the length of the user's name (string).
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#include <iostream.h>                   // I/O stream header for 'cout'

int main()                              // declare main function
{
  // create variables
  int i;                                // create an integer variable.  I named
                                        // it 'i', because I will be using it
                                        // as an index variable.
  char mystring[100];                   // create a string with 99 possible
                                        // characters (1 saved for the NULL
                                        // character)

  // get user input
  cout << "What's your name? ";         // display this string
  cin >> mystring;                      // get what the user types in, into
                                        // 'mystring'

  // count length of the string using a while loop
  i = 0;                                // set 'i' to zero

  while (mystring[i] != 0)              // if the subscript represented by 'i'
  {                                     // is not zero (not a NULL character)
    i++;                                // then add one to 'i' and loop (repeat
  }                                     // the process)

  // display the results
  cout << "The length of your name (" << mystring << ") is " << i
       << characters." << endl;

  // exit program
  return 0;                             // this means its a normal termination
                                        // (program ended as planned)
}

/******************************* end of program *******************************/