Strcpy () function in C

Char * strcpy function (char * dest, const char * src) copies the string pointed to by src to dest.

Declare strcpy () in C

Here is the declaration for strcpy () in C:

 char * strcpy ( char * dest , const char * src ) 

Parameters

dest - This is the pointer to the array containing the newly copied string.

src - String to be copied.

Returns the value

This function returns a pointer to the dest destination string.

For example

The following C program illustrates the usage of strcpy () in C:

 #include #include int main () { char src [ 40 ]; char dest [ 100 ]; memset ( dest , '' , sizeof ( dest )); strcpy ( src , "Hoc C co ban va nang cao tai QTM !!!" ); strcpy ( dest , src ); printf ( "Sau khi thuc hien ham strcpy, chuoi dest co dang: n%sn" , dest ); return ( 0 ); } 

Compile and run the above C program to see the results.

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