Use C memcpy to copy one string to another
Syntax
C memcpy function has the following syntax.
void *memcpy(void *to, const void *from, size_t count);Header
C memcpy function is from header file string.h.
Description
C memcpy function copies count characters from *from into *to and
returns *to.
Example
Use C memcpy function to copy a string.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
//from ww w. j av a 2s. c o m
#define SIZE 80
int main(void)
{
char buf1[SIZE], buf2[SIZE];
strcpy(buf1, "When, in the course of...");
memcpy(buf2, buf1, SIZE);
printf(buf2);
return 0;
}
The code above generates the following result.
