Implement Custom strlen Function

Code

#include <stdio.h>

int custom_strlen(const char *str) {
    const char *it = &(*str);
    int result = 0;
    while(*it != '\0') 
    {
        result++;
        it++;
    }
    return result;
}

int main() {
    char str[101];
    fgets(str, sizeof(str), stdin);

    // Remove newline if present
    int i = 0;
    while (str[i] != '\0') {
        if (str[i] == '\n') {
            str[i] = '\0';
            break;
        }
        i++;
    }

    printf("%d", custom_strlen(str));
    return 0;
}

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