C Reference String Operation: strcpy()

The function strcpy() copies the characters from one string to another string.

Note: the null termination is also copied.

Usage:

char * strcpy( char *target, const char *source);

The return value of the strcpy function is target.

strcpy() source code example:

	#include<stdio.h>
        #include<string.h>

	main()
	{
		char line[100];
		strcpy(line, "hello,world!");
		printf ("%s\n", line);
	}

Output of the example:

	hello,world!