strncat string function in C programming language

strncat string function in C programming language

In this tutorial, we will discuss strncat string function in C programming language

Description

strncat  in C programming language is used to concatenate two string.

strncat() – In the C language the strncat()  appends a portion of String pointed to by str2 to end of the string pointed to by str1.

Declaration

Syntax of strncat()  in C Language

char *strncat(char *str1,  const char *str2, size_t n);

or

 strncat(Destination String, Source String, size n);

argument or parameter

str1 – This is the Destination of string to developed

str2 – source to copy(constant) that will be appended to the end of the string

n – Number of character to be appended

Returns

The strncat()  returns concatenated string pointed by str1 and str2

Required Header

the required header for strncat()  in C Programming language

#include<string.h>

strncat string function in C

Example 1

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

int main()
{
    char myweb[20]="code ";
    char site[20]="for coding site ";
    strncat(myweb,site,10);
    printf("%s",myweb);
    getch();
    return 0;
}

When above program me  is compiled it will produce the following result

code for coding

 

 

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strrev() function in C language

strrchr() function in C language

strdup() function in C language

strlwr()  function in C language

strupr()  function in C language

strrev()  function in C language

strset()  function in C language

strnset()  function in C language

strtok()  function in C language

strcat() function in C language

strncat() function in C language

strcpy() function in C language

strncpy() function in C language

strcmp() function in C language

strchr () function in C language

strdub () function in C language

 

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