strcpy

Syntax

char* strcpy(char* dest, const char* src)

Arguments

dest
The string to which the source string is to be copied.
src
The string which is to be copied to the destination string.

Return

A pointer to the destination string, identical to dest.

Description

Copies the entire string src to the string dest including the trailing NULL character.
The string dest must be large enough to hold the string src, otherwise results are undefined.

Also see

strncpy