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CPYSTR.C
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/* CPYSTR.C illustrates memory and string copy functions including:
* _memccpy memcpy memmove
* strncpy strcpy _strdup strlen
*/
#include <memory.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <dos.h>
char string1[60] = "The quick brown dog jumps over the lazy fox";
char string2[60] = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
/* 1 2 3 4 5 *
* 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 */
void main()
{
char buffer[61];
char *pdest, *newstring;
int pos;
printf( "Function:\t_memccpy 60 characters or to character 's'\n" );
printf( "Source:\t\t%s\n", string1 );
pdest = _memccpy( buffer, string1, 's', 60 );
*pdest = '\0';
printf( "Result:\t\t%s\n", buffer );
printf( "Length:\t\t%d characters\n\n", strlen( buffer ) );
pos = pdest - buffer;
printf( "Function:\tstrcpy\n" );
printf( "Source:\t\t%s\n", string2 + pos );
pdest = strcpy( buffer + pos, string2 + pos );
printf( "Result:\t\t%s\n", buffer );
printf( "Length:\t\t%d characters\n\n", strlen( buffer ) );
printf( "Function:\tmemcpy 20 characters\n" );
printf( "Source:\t\t%s\n", string2 );
memcpy( buffer, string2, 20 );
printf( "Result:\t\t%s\n", buffer );
printf( "Length:\t\t%d characters\n\n", strlen( buffer ) );
printf( "Function:\tstrncpy 30 characters\n" );
printf( "Source:\t\t%s\n", string1 + 20 );
pdest = strncpy( buffer + 20, string1 + 20, 30 );
printf( "Result:\t\t%s\n", buffer );
printf( "Length:\t\t%d characters\n\n", strlen( buffer ) );
_getch();
printf( "Function:\t_strdup\n" );
printf( "Source:\t\t%s\n", buffer );
newstring = _strdup( buffer );
printf( "Result:\t\t%s\n", newstring );
printf( "Length:\t\t%d characters\n\n", strlen( newstring ) );
/* Illustrate overlapping copy: memmove handles it correctly,
* memcpy does not.
*/
printf( "Function:\tmemcpy with overlap\n" );
printf( "Source:\t\t%s\n", string1 + 4 );
printf( "Destination:\t%s\n", string1 + 10 );
memcpy( string1 + 10, string1 + 4, 40 );
printf( "Result:\t\t%s\n", string1 );
printf( "Length:\t\t%d characters\n\n", strlen( string1 ) );
printf( "Function:\tmemmove with overlap\n" );
printf( "Source:\t\t%s\n", string2 + 4 );
printf( "Destination:\t%s\n", string2 + 10 );
memmove( string2 + 10, string2 + 4, 40 );
printf( "Result:\t\t%s\n", string2 );
printf( "Length:\t\t%d characters\n\n", strlen( string2 ) );
}
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