diff --git a/strings.c b/strings.c
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+++ b/strings.c
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+#include "main.h"
+
+/**
+ * _strlen - nuts
+ */
+int _strlen(char *str)
+{
+  if (*str)
+    return (1 + _strlen(str++));
+  else
+    return (0);
+}