C strncpy() Function

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C strncpy() Function

The strncpy() function copies a string from source to destination up to the specified length.

Example

C Compiler
#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main() { char mail[50] = "johndoe@gmail.com"; char copyMail[50] = ""; strncpy(copyMail, mail, 7); printf("copyMail is: %s", copyMail); return 0; }

Output

copyMail is: johndoe

Syntax

char *strncpy(char *dest, char *src, int n)

Parameter Values

ValueTypeExplanation
destRequiredSpecifies the destination string.
srcRequiredSpecifies the source string.
nRequiredSpecifies the length of the source string to be copied to the destination string.

Return Value

ValueExplanation
StringReturns the copied string up to the specified length.

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