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wcscat(3) Library Functions Manual wcscat(3)

NAME

wcscat - concatenate two wide-character strings

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wcscat(wchar_t *restrict dest, const wchar_t *restrict 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 (L'\0'), 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).

Interface Attribute Value
wcscat () Thread safety MT-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

SEE ALSO

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

2023-07-20 Linux man-pages 6.05.01