WCPCPY(3C) Standard C Library Functions WCPCPY(3C)

NAME


wcpcpy, wcpncpy - copy a wide-character string and return a pointer to its
end

SYNOPSIS


#include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *
wcpcpy(wchar_t *restrict ws1, const wchar_t *restrict ws2);

wchar_t *
wcpncpy(wchar_t *restrict ws1, const wchar_t *restrict ws2, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION


The wcpcpy() and wcpncpy() functions copy the wide-character string pointed
to by ws2 into the location pointed to by ws1. They stop copying after a
null wide-character is copied, or in the case of wcpncpy(), after n wide-
characters have been copied. If ws2 contains fewer than n wide-characters,
then the wcpncpy() function pads wide-characters to the end of the
destination ws1 until exactly n wide-characters have been written.

In the case of wcpncpy() a terminating null wide-character will not be
written if the length of ws2 exceeds n.

If ws1 and ws2 overlap, the result is undefined.

The wcpcpy() and wcpncpy() functions are the wide-character equivalents of
stpcpy() and stpncpy(), respectively.

RETURN VALUES


The wcpcpy() and wcpncpy() functions return a pointer to the last wide-
character written. In the case of wcpncpy() this will always be equal to
(ws1 + n - 1).

ERRORS


None.

INTERFACE STABILITY


Standard.

MT-LEVEL
MT-Safe.

SEE ALSO


stpcpy(3C), stpncpy(3C), wcscpy(3C), wcsncpy(3C), wchar.h(3HEAD),
standards(7)

STANDARDS


The wcpcpy() and wcpncpy() functions were introduced in IEEE Std
1003.1-2008 ("POSIX.1").

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