char * strcpy ( char * destination, const char * source );

<cstring>

Copy string

Copies the C string pointed by source into the array pointed by destination, including the terminating null character.

To avoid overflows, the size of the array pointed by destination shall be long enough to contain the same C string as source (including the terminating null character), and should not overlap in memory with source.

Parameters

destination

Pointer to the destination array where the content is to be copied.

source

C string to be copied.

Return Value

Example

/* strcpy example */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main ()
{
  char str1[]="Sample string";
  char str2[40];
  char str3[40];
  strcpy (str2,str1);
  strcpy (str3,"copy successful");
  printf ("str1: %s\nstr2: %s\nstr3: %s\n",str1,str2,str3);
  return 0;
}

Output:

str1: Sample string
str2: Sample string
str3: copy successful

See also