stpcpy

Name

stpcpy -- copy a string returning a pointer to its end

Synopsis

#include <string.h>

char * stpcpy(char * restrict dest, const char * restrict src);

Description

The stpcpy() function shall copy the string pointed to by src (including the terminating null character) to the array pointed to by dest. The strings may not overlap, and the destination string dest shall be large enough to receive the copy.

Return Value

stpcpy() returns a pointer to the end of the string dest (that is, the address of the terminating null character) rather than the beginning.

Example

This program uses stpcpy() to concatenate foo and bar to produce foobar, which it then prints.

  #include <string.h>

  int
  main (void)
  {
    char buffer[256];
    char *to = buffer;
    to = stpcpy (to, "foo");
    to = stpcpy (to, "bar");
    printf ("%s\n", buffer);
  }