wmemcpy

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 2022-12-15
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NAME

wmemcpy - copy an array of wide-characters  

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)  

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *wmemcpy(wchar_t dest[restrict .n],
                 const wchar_t src[restrict .n],
                 size_t n);
 

DESCRIPTION

The wmemcpy() function is the wide-character equivalent of the memcpy(3) function. It copies n wide characters from the array starting at src to the array starting at dest.

The arrays may not overlap; use wmemmove(3) to copy between overlapping arrays.

The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least n wide characters at dest.  

RETURN VALUE

wmemcpy() returns dest.  

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
InterfaceAttributeValue
wmemcpy() Thread safetyMT-Safe

 

STANDARDS

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.  

SEE ALSO

memcpy(3), wcscpy(3), wmemmove(3), wmempcpy(3)

 

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