strcpy, wcscpy, _mbscpy

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Header File

string.h, wchar.h, mbstring.h

Category

Memory and String Manipulation Routines, Inline Routines

Prototype

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

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

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

Description

Copies one string into another.

Copies string src to dest, stopping after the terminating null character has been moved.

Return Value

strcpy returns dest.

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{
   char string[10];
   char *str1 = "abcdefghi";
   strcpy(string, str1);
   printf("%s\n", string);
   return 0;
}

Portability

	POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
strcpy	+	+	+	+
_mbscpy		+
wcscpy		+	+	+