strcat, _mbscat, wcscat

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Header File

string.h, mbstring.h

Category

Memory and String Manipulation Routines, Inline Routines

Prototype

char *strcat(char *dest, const char *src);

wchar_t *wcscat(wchar_t *dest, const wchar_t *src);

unsigned char *_mbscat(unsigned char *dest, const unsigned char *src);

Description

Appends one string to another.

strcat appends a copy of src to the end of dest. The length of the resulting string is strlen(dest) + strlen(src).

Return Value

strcat returns a pointer to the concatenated strings.

Example

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
   char destination[25];
   char *blank = " ", *c = "C++", *CBuilder = "CBuilder";
   strcpy(destination, CBuilder);
   strcat(destination, blank);
   strcat(destination, c);
   printf("%s\n", destination);
   return 0;
}

Portability

	POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
strcat	+	+	+	+
_mbscat		+
wcscat		+	+	+