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===== memcpy =====
<code c>
    void *memcpy(void *str1, const void *str2, size_t n); 
</code>
Copy a string into another variable
important here is to give the size of the string
<code c>
#include <stdio.h> /* including standard library */
//#include <windows.h> /* uncomment this for Windows */

#include <string.h>

int main ( void )
{
  char source[20]="Test 1234 ! :D";
  char dest[20];
  memcpy (dest,source,strlen(source)+1);
  printf ("Value of Destination is %s\n",dest);
  return 0;
}
</code>

    output:
    user@host:~$ ./memcpy 
    Value of Destination is Test 1234 ! :D