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How to copy a string using strcpy() function in C
Educative Answers TeamThe strcpy() function is a built-in library function, declared in the string.h header file. It copies the source string to the destination string until a null character (\0) is reached.
Syntax
char * strcpy (char * Dest, char * Src);
strcpy() takes two strings as arguments and character by character (including \0) copies the content of string Src to string Dest, character by character.
Execution
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Code​
Let’s look at an example of strcpy():
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
char Src[15]= "educative";
char Dest[15] = "";
printf("Before copying\n");
printf("Source string: %s \n", Src);
printf("Destination string: %s \n\n", Dest);
strcpy(Dest, Src); // calling strcpy function
printf("After copying\n");
printf("Source string: %s \n", Src);
printf("Destination string: %s \n", Dest);
return 0;
}RELATED TAGS
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