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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

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InterfaceAttributeValue
T}Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

See Also

  1. memcpy(3),
  2. wcscpy(3),
  3. wmemmove(3),
  4. wmempcpy(3)