---
name: "ustrncpy"
section: "3alleg"
platform: "linux"
package: "liballegro-doc"
version: "2:4.2.2-2.2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ustrncpy"
---

# ustrncpy(3alleg)

Copies a string into another one, specifying size. Allegro game programming library.

## NAME

ustrncpy - Copies a string into another one, specifying size. Allegro game programming library.

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<allegro.h\>**

**char \*ustrncpy(char \*dest, const char \*src, int n);**

## DESCRIPTION

This function is like ustrcpy() except that no more than \`n' characters from \`src' are copied into \`dest'. If \`src' is shorter than \`n' characters, null characters are appended to \`dest' as padding until \`n' characters have been written.

Note that if \`src' is longer than \`n' characters, \`dest' will not be null-terminated.

## RETURN VALUE

The return value is the value of \`dest'.

## SEE ALSO

[**uconvert**(3alleg)](/uconvert/3alleg.md), [**ustrcpy**(3alleg)](/ustrcpy/3alleg.md), [**ustrzncpy**(3alleg)](/ustrzncpy/3alleg.md)