2.1.2.24 lstrcat

Description

The lstrcat (alias strcat) function appends one string to another.

Syntax

LPSTR lstrcat( LPSTR lpString1, LPCSTR lpString2 )

Parameters

lpString1

[modify]Pointer to a null-terminated string. The buffer must be large enough to contain both strings.

lpString2

[input]Pointer to the null-terminated string to be appended to the string specified in the lpString1 parameter.

Return

If the function succeeds, the return value is a pointer to the modified string. If the function fails, the return value is NULL.

Examples

EX1

void lstrcat_ex1()
{
	char *ptr = NULL;
	char	szStr[80] = "This is the first part. ";
	string	str1 = "This is the second part.";
	ptr = lstrcat(szStr, str1);
	if(0 == strcmp(ptr, "This is the first part. This is the second part.")) 
	printf("the string after the concatenation  is \"%s\" \n" , szStr);
	else 
	printf("concatenation failed  \n");	
}

Remark

See Also

strcat

Header to Include

origin.h

Reference