// header files
#include "StringUtils.h"

// function implementations

/*
Name: getStringLength
Process: gets length of string from start to NULL_CHAR ('\0')
Function input/parameters: c-style string (char *)
Function output/parameters: NONE
Function output/returned: length of string (int)
Device input/---: NONE
Device output/---: NONE
Dependencies: included by standard libraries
*/
int getStringLength(const char *stringIn)
{
    // define variables
    int stringLength = 0, currentCharacter = 0;
    // get user input (not needed)
    // do calculations
    while (currentCharacter < STD_STR_LEN && stringIn[currentCharacter] != NULL_CHAR)
    {
        // increment string length
        stringLength = stringLength + 1;
        // increment currentCharacter
        currentCharacter = currentCharacter + 1;
    }
    // display results (not needed)
    // return success
    return stringLength;
}