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WCSCAT

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-08-08
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NAME

wcscat - concatenate two wide-character strings  

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *wcscat(wchar_t *dest, const wchar_t *src);
 

DESCRIPTION

The wcscat() function is the wide-character equivalent of the strcat(3) function. It copies the wide-character string pointed to by src, including the terminating null wide character (Laq\0aq), to the end of the wide-character string pointed to by dest.

The strings may not overlap.

The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least wcslen(dest)+wcslen(src)+1 wide characters at dest.  

RETURN VALUE

wcscat() returns dest.  

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
InterfaceAttributeValue
wcscat() Thread safetyMT-Safe
 

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.  

SEE ALSO

strcat(3), wcpcpy(3), wcscpy(3), wcsncat(3)  

COLOPHON

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ATTRIBUTES
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO
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