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#include <iostream>  
  using namespace std;  
    
  int main(){  
     void copystr(char*, const char*);  
     char* str1 = "this is a test";  
     char str2[80];               
    
     copystr(str2, str1);         
     cout << str2 << endl;        
     return 0;  
  }  
  void copystr(char* dest, const char* src){  
     while( *src )                
        *dest++ = *src++;         
     *dest = '\0';                
  }