Thread: Concatenation ?

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    Concatenation ?

    my objective is to strcat(src1, src2) and save it to the variable result.



    My attempt:


    result = strcat(src1, src2);


    But some people are saying my theory is wrong. Can someone show me how to save my result from strcat(src1, src2) to the variable result please ?

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    Your theory is wrong. strcat() always returns the dest pointer anyway, so capturing it is usually pointless. Read the man page, carefully:
    Code:
    SYNOPSIS
           #include <string.h>
    
           char *strcat(char *dest, const char *src);
    
           char *strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n);
    
    DESCRIPTION
           The  strcat()  function appends the src string to the dest
           string overwriting the `\0' character at the end of  dest,
           and  then  adds a terminating `\0' character.  The strings
           may not overlap, and the  dest  string  must  have  enough
           space for the result.
    
           The  strncat()  function  is similar, except that only the
           first n characters of src are appended to dest.
    
    RETURN VALUE
           The strcat() and strncat() functions return a  pointer  to
           the resulting string dest.
    If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.

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    Sorry for being a noob. My second attempt. Please help if u see something wrong:

    src1 = strcat(src1, src2)

    result = strcpy(src1) // result = src1 + src2 ?

    Would that work?

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    strcat(param1 , param2);

    strcat will allways concat param2 to param1 ! Depending on what you are trying to do you can also use sprintf.

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <string.h>
    
    main() {
            char src1[]="Hello ";
            char src2[]="World !";
            char buff1[BUFSIZ];
    
            printf("src1: [%s]\n",src1);
            printf("src2: [%s]\n",src2);
            sprintf(buff1,"%s%s",src1,src2);
            printf("buff1: [%s]\n",buff1);
            strcat(src1, src2);
            printf("src1: [%s]\n",src1);
            printf("src2: [%s]\n",src2);
    }
    Output:
    src1: [Hello ]
    src2: [World !]
    buff1: [Hello World !]
    src1: [Hello World !]
    src2: [World !]

    Hope it helped !

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    result = strcpy(src1) // result = src1 + src2 ?
    You should use strcpy() like this:

    strcpy (result, src1);

    The function returns result.

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    src1 = strcat(src1, src2)

    result = strcpy(result, src1)


    Thank you guys

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    BTW, here's a useful online reference.
    http://www.cppreference.com/

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    Quote Originally Posted by koolguysj
    src1 = strcat(src1, src2)

    result = strcpy(result, src1)
    Theres no need to capture the result of strcat or strcpy, in this situation.

    this should suffice if you really want to use an extra variable:
    Code:
    ...
    strcpy(result,src1);
    strcat(result,src2);
    ...
    No need to assign the result of strcpy or strcat to anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by groorj
    strcat(param1 , param2);

    Code:
    ...
            char src1[]="Hello ";
            char src2[]="World !";
    ...
            strcat(src1, src2);
    ...
            return 0;
    }
    This is will most likely cause a seg fault. You're writing past the end of your array.

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