#ifndef _STRING_LENGTH_
#define _STRING_LENGTH_
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// function	string_length
// purpose	Return the length of the given string
// arguments	1 (const char *) the string
// returns	(size_t) the length
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
static
size_t
string_length (
    const char *	arg_string
    )
{
    const char *	ptr	;

    ptr = arg_string;
    while ( * ptr ) ++ ptr;
    return ptr - arg_string;
}
#endif /* _STRING_LENGTH_ */