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<tr><td width=20><td><b>STRCAT(3)</b><td align=right><b>STRCAT(3)</b>
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<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br>
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strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, cistrcmp, cistrncmp, strcpy,
strncpy, strecpy, strlen, strchr, strrchr, strpbrk, strspn, strcspn,
strtok, strdup, strstr, cistrstr &ndash; string operations<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br>
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<tt><font size=+1>#include &lt;u.h&gt;<br>
#include &lt;libc.h&gt;
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strcat(char *s1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strncat(char *s1, char *s2, long n)
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<tt><font size=+1>int &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;strcmp(char *s1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>int &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;strncmp(char *s1, char *s2, long n)
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<tt><font size=+1>int &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cistrcmp(char *s1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>int &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cistrncmp(char *s1, char *s2, long n)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strcpy(char *s1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strecpy(char *s1, char *es1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strncpy(char *s1, char *s2, long n)
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<tt><font size=+1>long &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;strlen(char *s)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strchr(char *s, char c)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strrchr(char *s, char c)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strpbrk(char *s1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>long &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;strspn(char *s1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>long &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;strcspn(char *s1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strtok(char *s1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strdup(char *s)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* strstr(char *s1, char *s2)
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<tt><font size=+1>char* cistrstr(char *s1, char *s2)<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br>
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The arguments <i>s1, s2</i> and <i>s</i> point to null-terminated strings. The
functions <i>strcat</i>, <i>strncat</i>, <i>strcpy</i>, <i>strecpy</i>, and <i>strncpy</i> all alter
<i>s1</i>. <i>Strcat</i> and <i>strcpy</i> do not check for overflow of the array pointed
to by <i>s1</i>.
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<i>Strcat</i> appends a copy of string <i>s2</i> to the end of string <i>s1</i>. <i>Strncat</i>
appends at most <i>n</i> bytes. Each returns a pointer to the null-terminated
result.
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<i>Strcmp</i> compares its arguments and returns an integer less than,
equal to, or greater than 0, according as <i>s1</i> is lexicographically
less than, equal to, or greater than <i>s2</i>. <i>Strncmp</i> makes the same
comparison but examines at most <i>n</i> bytes. <i>Cistrcmp</i> and <i>cistrncmp</i>
ignore ASCII case distinctions when comparing strings.
The comparisons are made with unsigned bytes.
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<i>Strcpy</i> copies string <i>s2</i> to <i>s1</i>, stopping after the null byte has
been copied. <i>Strncpy</i> copies exactly <i>n</i> bytes, truncating <i>s2</i> or
adding null bytes to <i>s1</i> if necessary. The result will not be null-terminated
if the length of <i>s2</i> is <i>n</i> or more. Each function returns <i>s1</i>.
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<i>Strecpy</i> copies bytes until a null byte has been copied, but writes
no bytes beyond <i>es1</i>. If any bytes are copied, <i>s1</i> is terminated
by a null byte, and a pointer to that byte is returned. Otherwise,
the original <i>s1</i> is returned.
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<i>Strlen</i> returns the number of bytes in <i>s</i>, not including the terminating
null byte.
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<i>Strchr</i> (<i>strrchr</i>) returns a pointer to the first (last) occurrence
of byte <i>c</i> in string <i>s</i>, or <tt><font size=+1>0</font></tt> if <i>c</i> does not occur in the string.
The null byte terminating a string is considered to be part of
the string.
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<i>Strpbrk</i> returns a pointer to the first occurrence in string <i>s1</i>
of any byte from string <i>s2</i>, <tt><font size=+1>0</font></tt> if no byte from <i>s2</i> exists in <i>s1</i>.
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<i>Strspn</i> (<i>strcspn</i>) returns the length of the initial segment of
string <i>s1</i> which consists entirely of bytes from (not from) string
<i>s2</i>.
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<i>Strtok</i> considers the string <i>s1</i> to consist of a sequence of zero
or more text tokens separated by spans of one or more bytes from
the separator string <i>s2</i>. The first call, with pointer <i>s1</i> specified,
returns a pointer to the first byte of the first token, and will
have written a null byte into <i>s1</i> immediately following the returned
token. The function keeps track of its position in the string
between separate calls; subsequent calls, signified by <i>s1</i> being
<tt><font size=+1>0</font></tt>, will work through the string <i>s1</i> immediately following that
token. The separator string <i>s2</i> may be different from call to call.
When no token remains in <i>s1</i>, <tt><font size=+1>0</font></tt> is returned.
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<i>Strdup</i> returns a pointer to a distinct copy of the null-terminated
string <i>s</i> in space obtained from <a href="../man3/malloc.html"><i>malloc</i>(3)</a> or <tt><font size=+1>0</font></tt> if no space can
be obtained.
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<i>Strstr</i> returns a pointer to the first occurrence of <i>s2</i> as a substring
of <i>s1</i>, or 0 if there is none. If <i>s2</i> is the null string, <i>strstr</i>
returns <i>s1</i>. <i>Cistrstr</i> operates analogously, but ignores ASCII case
differences when comparing strings.<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br>
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<tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/lib9<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br>
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<a href="../man3/memory.html"><i>memory</i>(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/rune.html"><i>rune</i>(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/runestrcat.html"><i>runestrcat</i>(3)</a><br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br>
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These routines know nothing about UTF. Use the routines in <a href="../man3/rune.html"><i>rune</i>(3)</a>
as appropriate. Note, however, that the definition of UTF guarantees
that <i>strcmp</i> compares UTF strings correctly.
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The outcome of overlapping moves varies among implementations.<br>
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