strcpy()
The strcpy()
string function copies one string into another string and returns the newly copied string.
Note:
strcpy()
only works on C-style strings, not C++ style strings. So it only works with strings of typechar str[];
notstring str;
Syntax
#include <string.h>
strcpy(string1, string2);
At the top of the file, the <string.h>
header file needs to be included. The strcpy()
copies the C-style string2
parameter into string1
, including the terminating null
character ('\0'
).
Codebyte Example
The following example prints a string, copies a second string over it, and prints it again: