C library function - strcat()
Description
The C library function char *strcat(char *dest, const char *src) appends the string pointed to by src to the end of the string pointed to by dest.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for strcat() function.
char *strcat(char *dest, const char *src)
Parameters
dest − This is pointer to the destination array, which should contain a C string, and should be large enough to contain the concatenated resulting string.
src − This is the string to be appended. This should not overlap the destination.
Return Value
This function returns a pointer to the resulting string dest.
Example
The following example shows the usage of strcat() function.
Live Demo
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main () {
char src[50], dest[50];
strcpy(src, "This is source");
strcpy(dest, "This is destination");
strcat(dest, src);
printf("Final destination string : |%s|", dest);
return(0);
}
Let us compile and run the above program that will produce the following result −
Final destination string : |This is destinationThis is source|
