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====== strcpy ======
<code c>
#include <string.h>
char *strcpy(char *str1, const char *str2);
</code>

=== Description ===
strcpy copy a c string pointed by str2 into the array pointed by str1 including the terminating null character.


===== strcpy C Example Code =====
<code c>
/* 
 * strcpy c example code
 * http://code-reference.com/c/string.h/strcpy 
 */
#include <stdio.h> /* including standard library */
#include <string.h>
 
int main( void ) 
{
  char string[] = "copy me"; /* the size of the array is calculated automatically */
  char string2[20];

 
  if( strcpy(string2, string) != 0 )
    printf( "copy success: %s\n",  string2 );
  else
    printf( "copy failure\n" );
  return 0;
}
</code>


=== Output of strcpy example ===
    user@host:~$ ./strcpy 
    copy success: copy me