getting weird characters and numbers when searchin

hey everyone i am getting something like this

Record found at index -1
with some weird characters 45 p 00/3434983984/349834

when i am suppose to be getting a name the grade and a birthdate

Code:

int srch (STUDENT student[], char* ssn)
{
  
  char Name[256];
  int tempstu;  

  while ((strcmp(ssn, "q"))) 
   {
     printf("\n Please enter social security number (press q to quit): ");    
     scanf("%s", ssn);
     tempstu = recSrch(student, ssn, 0, SIZE - 1);
     printf("\nRecord found at index %d:", tempstu);
     strcat(strcat(strcpy(Name, student[tempstu].fName), " "), 
student[tempstu].lName);
     printf("\n%30s %9d  %13s     %02d/%02d/%4d", Name,
             student[tempstu].grade, student[tempstu].ssn,
             student[tempstu].bDate.month, student[tempstu].bDate.date,
             student[tempstu].bDate.year);
}
      printf("\nThank You.");
}

/*===============================recSrch=====================================*/
// this function searches for the input social security number and returns
// the result

int recSrch (STUDENT student[], char* ssn, int lb, int ub)
{
   int result;
   int mid = (lb + ub) / 2;

   if (lb > ub)
      {      
       result = -1;
      }
   else if (strcmp(ssn, student[mid].ssn) == 0)
           {
            result = mid;
           }    
   else if (strcmp(ssn, student[mid].ssn) < 0)
           {      
            result = recSrch(student, ssn, lb, mid - 1);
           }
   else
    { 
     result = recSrch(student, ssn, mid + 1, ub);
    }
   return result;
}

nevermind got it

I am surprised to learn that this works:

Code:

strcat(strcat(strcpy(Name, student[tempstu].fName), " "), 
student[tempstu].lName);

But otherwise I don't see anything wrong, have you verified that the records are okay already?
The rest of the info is fine? Have you tried printing this infomation this way anywhere else it might be applicable to see if it works anywhere?

Originally Posted by MK27

I am surprised to learn that this works:

Code:

strcat(strcat(strcpy(Name, student[tempstu].fName), " "), 
student[tempstu].lName);

Yes, that works, because strcat, strcpy and other such functions return the pointer to the destination string.

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Mats