strncpy() - string.h

The C library function char *strncpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n) copies up to n characters from the string pointed to, by src to dest. In a case where the length of src is less than that of n, the remainder of dest will be padded with null bytes.

Syntax

char *strncpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n)

Example

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

int main()
{
   char src[40];
   char dest[12];
  
   memset(dest, '\0', sizeof(dest));
   strcpy(src, "This is tutorialspoint.com");
   strncpy(dest, src, 10);

   printf("Final copied string : %s\n", dest);
   
   return(0);
}

Output / Return Value

Final copied string : This is tu

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