ILE C/C++ Run-Time Library Functions


wcsncpy() -- Copy Wide-Character Strings

Format

#include <wcstr.h>
wchar_t *wcsncpy(wchar_t *string1, const wchar_t *string2, size_t count);

Language Level: XPG4

Threadsafe: Yes,

Description

The wcsncpy() function copies up to count wide characters from string2 to string1. If string2 is shorter than count characters, string1 is padded out to count characters with wchar_t null characters.

The wcsncpy() function operates on null-ended wide-character strings; string arguments to this function should contain a wchar_t null character marking the end of the string. Only string2 needs to contain a null character.

Return Value

The wcsncpy() returns a pointer to string1.

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