Strcat
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Syntax
char * strcat ( char * destination, const char * source );
Description
Concatenate strings
Appends a copy of the source string to the destination string. The terminating null character in destination is overwritten by the first character of source, and a null-character is included at the end of the new string formed by the concatenation of both in destination.
destination and source shall not overlap.
Parameters
- destination
- Pointer to the destination array, which should contain a C string, and be large enough to contain the concatenated resulting string.
- source
- C string to be appended. This should not overlap destination.
Return Value
destination is returned.
Example
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char hello[10] = "Hello";
char space[2] = " ";
char world[10] = "World";
strcat(hello, space);
strcat(hello, world);
printf("%s\n", hello);
return 0;
}
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$ ./code Hello World |