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#include <iostream>
 #include <string.h>
 
 int main()
 {
     const int MaxLength = 80;
     char String1[] = "test";
     char String2[MaxLength+1];
 
     strncpy(String2,String1,MaxLength);
     String2[strlen(String1)] = '\0'; // add a null to the end
     std::cout << "String1: " << String1 << std::endl;
     std::cout << "String2: " << String2 << std::endl;
     return 0;
 }

String1: test
String2: test