---
name: "mtext_ncat"
section: "3m17n"
platform: "linux"
package: "m17n-docs"
version: "1.8.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mtext_ncat"
---

# mtext\_ncat(3m17n)

## NAME

mtext\_ncat -

## SYNOPSIS

**MText**\* **mtext\_ncat** (**MText** \* *mt1*, **MText** \* *mt2*, int *n*)

## DESCRIPTION

Append a part of an M-text to another. The **mtext\_ncat()** function appends the first **n** characters of M-text **mt2** to the end of M-text **mt1** while inheriting all the text properties. If the length of **mt2** is less than **n**, all characters are copied. **mt2** is not modified. \

## RETURN VALUE

If the operation was successful, **mtext\_ncat()** returns a pointer to the resulting M-text **mt1**. If an error is detected, it returns `NULL` and assigns an error code to the global variable **merror\_code**. \

## ERRORS

`MERROR_RANGE`

## SEE ALSO

**mtext\_cat()**, **mtext\_cat\_char()**\

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)\
 Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)\
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License  \<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html\>.