strcpy -- Copy Strings

Format

#include <string.h>
char *strcpy(char *string1, const char *string2);

Language Level: ANSI, POSIX, XPG4
strcpy copies string2, including the ending null character, to the location specified by string1.

strcpy operates on null-terminated strings. The string arguments to the function should contain a null character (\0) marking the end of the string. No length checking is performed. You should not use a literal string for a string1 value, although string2 may be a literal string.

Return Value
strcpy returns a pointer to the copied string (string1).

Example
This example copies the contents of source to destination.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#define SIZE    40
int main(void)
{
  char source[ SIZE ] = "This is the source string";
  char destination[ SIZE ] = "And this is the destination string";
  char * return_string;
  printf( "destination is originally = \"%s\"\n", destination );
  return_string = strcpy( destination, source );
  printf( "After strcpy, destination becomes \"%s\"\n", destination );
  return 0;
  /*******************************************************************
     The output should be similar to:
     destination is originally = "And this is the destination string"
     After strcpy, destination becomes "This is the source string"
  *******************************************************************/
}


strcat -- Concatenate Strings
strchr -- Search for Character
strcmp -- Compare Strings
strcspn -- Compare Strings for Substrings
strdup -- Duplicate String
strncpy -- Copy Strings
strpbrk -- Find Characters in String
strrchr -- Find Last Occurrence of Character in String
strspn -- Search Strings
wcscpy -- Copy Wide-Character Strings
wcsncpy -- Copy Wide-Character Strings
<string.h>