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SDL_strdup(3)

SDL_strdup3

Allocate a copy of a string.

Usage

char * SDL_strdup(const char *str);

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h

Overview

This allocates enough space for a null-terminated copy of str , using

SDL_malloc , and then makes a copy of the string into this space.

The returned string is owned by the caller, and should be passed to

SDL_free
when no longer needed.

Function parameters

str

the string to copy.

Return value

Returns a pointer to the newly-allocated string.

Thread safety

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Availability

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

From libsdl3-doc 3.2.10+ds-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.