strncat, _fstrncat

Appends a portion of one string to another.

Defined in header <string.h>

Syntax

#include <string.h>
Near  version: char *strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t maxlen);
Far version: char far * far _fstrncat(char far *dest, const char far *src,
                                      size_t maxlen)

Portability

Remarks

strncat copies at most maxlen characters of src to the end of dest and then

str\enidest) + maxlen.

Return value

strncat returns dest.

Example

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
   char destination[25] ;
   char *source =  " States";
   strcpy (destination, "United");
   strncat(destination,  source, 7);
printf ("%s\n", destination);
return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

Nothing recorded yet.

Modern references

• cppreference (search)
• POSIX (search)
• Microsoft C runtime (search)

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Extraction notes

• heading `strncat, fstrncat` read as `strncat, _fstrncat`

Stable link: /3.1/string.h/strncat/ · short form /3.1/strncat/