strncpy, _fstrncpy

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Copies a given number of bytes from one string into another, truncating or padding as necessary.

Defined in header <stdio.h>

Syntax

#include <stdio.h>
Near version: char *strncpy(char *dest, const char *src,size_tmaxlen);
Far version: char far * far_fstrncpy(char far *dest,constchar far *src,
                                    size_t maxlen)

strncpy  copies up to maxlen characters from  src into dest, truncating or
null-padding  dest. The target string, dest,might not be null-terminated if
the length of src is maxlen or more.

Portability

	DOS	UNIX	Windows	ANSI C	C++ only
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Return value

strncpy returns dest.

Example

include  <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main (void)

   char string [10];
   char *strl =  "abcdefghi";
   strncpy (string, strl, 3);
   string[3] =  '\0';
   printf ("%s\n", string);
   return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

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Stable link: /3.1/stdio.h/strncpy/ · short form /3.1/strncpy/