wmemcpy(3)

copy an array of wide-characters

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Synopsis

#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wmemcpy(wchar_t 
dest
[restrict .
n
],
                 const wchar_t 
src
[restrict .
n
],
                 size_t 
n
);

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NAME

wmemcpy - copy an array of wide-characters

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

bash

#include <wchar.h>

bash

wchar_t *wmemcpy(wchar_t \ndest\n[restrict .\nn\n],\n
\n                 const wchar_t \nsrc\n[restrict .\nn\n],\n
\n                 size_t \nn\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).

Interface	Attribute	Value
wmemcpy ()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001, C99.