2.1.2.57 strncpy


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Description

Copy characters of one string to another.

Syntax

LPSTR strncpy( LPSTR lpString1, LPCSTR lpString2, int iMaxLength )

Parameters

lpString1
[modify] Pointer to a buffer into which the function copies characters. The buffer must be large enough to contain the number of characters specified by iMaxLength.
lpString2
[input] Pointer to a null-terminated string from which the function copies characters.
iMaxLength
[input] Specifies the number of characters to be copied from the string pointed to by lpString2 into the buffer pointed to by lpString1, without a terminating null character.

Return

If the function succeeds, the return value is a pointer to the buffer. If the function fails, the return value is NULL.

Examples

EX1 

void strncpy_ex1()
{
    string        str1 = "Hello World!";
    char        szStr[80];
    strncpy(szStr, str1, 5);
    out_str(szStr);    // Should be "Hello"
}

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See Also

Header to Include

origin.h

Reference