the length of the string

#include<stdio.h>
int length(char *pt);
int main()
{
char a[100];
char *p=a;
printf("input string：");
gets_s(a);
int l;
l=length(p);
printf("the length of the string is %d\n", l);
return 0;
}
int length(char *pt)
{


int count = 0;
while (*pt!= '\0')//字符串的长度是以‘\0’结束的；
{
pt++;
count++;
}
return count;
}