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.TH "al_cstr_dup" "3alleg5" "" "Allegro reference manual" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
al_cstr_dup - Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

char *al_cstr_dup(const ALLEGRO_USTR *us)
\f[R]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Create a NUL (\f[V]\[aq]\[rs]0\[aq]\f[R]) terminated copy of the string.
Any embedded NUL bytes will still be presented in the returned string.
The new string must eventually be freed with al_free(3alleg5).
.PP
If an error occurs NULL is returned.
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
al_cstr(3alleg5), al_ustr_to_buffer(3alleg5), al_free(3alleg5)