strcpy

Copies one string into another.

Defined in header <string.h>

Syntax

#include <string.h>
char *strcpy(char *dest, const char *src);

Portability

Remarks

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

Return value

strcpy returns dest.

See also

• stpcpy

Example

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

int main (void)
{
   char string [10];
   char *strl =  "abcdefghi";
   strcpy (string, strl);
   printf ("%s\n", string);
   return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

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Modern references

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