.. _String_LengthA:

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String_LengthA
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Reads the length of a zero terminated string and returns its length in RAX. This is the Ansi version of String_Length, String_LengthW is the Unicode version.

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   String_LengthA PROTO lpszString:QWORD


**Parameters**

* ``lpszString`` - Address of zero terminated string.


**Returns**

The length of the zero terminated string without the terminating null in RAX.


**Notes**

This function as based on the MASM32 Library function: szLen

**See Also**

:ref:`String_CopyA<String_CopyA>`, :ref:`String_ConcatA<String_ConcatA>`