// we use putchar to count each character #include "ft_printf.h" int ft_putstr(char *str) { int counter; const char *snull = "(null)"; counter = 0; if (str == NULL) { while (*snull) { counter += ft_putchar(*snull); snull++; } } else { while (*str) { counter += ft_putchar(*str); str++; } } return (counter); }