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ustrncpy(3alleg4)

ustrncpy3alleg4

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

Usage

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

Overview

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'.

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 11 (Bullseye): the text shown here
  • Debian 10 (Buster) to Debian 7 (Wheezy)

From allegro4-doc 2:4.4.3.1-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.