String Functions
By Team-1
Prasanna A
Alka Mary Abraham
Minimol T K
Jacob Tisson
Strcat()
SYNTAX
char *strcat(char *dest, const char *src);
DESCRIPTION
strcat() is used to concatenate a null-terminated string to end of
another string variable.
This is equivalent to pasting one string onto the end of another,
overwriting the null terminator.
There is only one common use for strcat().
The strcat function concatenates or appends source to destination. All
characters from source are copied including the terminating character.
Example
char S[25] = "world!";
char D[25] = "Hello, ";
Concatenating the whole string S onto D:
strcat(D, S);
Example
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
char string1[20];
char string2[20];
strcpy(string1, "Hello");
strcpy(string2, "Hellooo");
printf("Returned String : %s\n", strcat( string1,
string2));
printf("Concatenated String : %s\n", string1 );
return 0;
}
Output
Returned String : HelloHellooo
Concatenated String : HelloHellooo
Strncat()
SYNTAX
char *strncat(char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The strncat() function appends up to n characters from
string s2 to string s1 and then appends a terminating null
character.
The initial character of s2 overwrites the null character at
the end of s1.
Subsequent characters in s2 are appended to s1 until either
the end of s2 is reached or n characters have been copied.
DESCRIPTION OF Strncat()
If copying takes place between objects that overlap, the behavior is
undefined.
The function strncat() does not allocate any storage. The caller must
insure that the buffer pointed to by s1 is long enough to hold the added
characters.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
char string1[20];
char string2[20];
strcpy(string1, "Hello");
strcpy(string2, "Hellooo");
printf("Returned String : %s\n", strncat(string1,string2,4));
printf("Concatenated String : %s\n", string1 );
return 0;
}
Output
Returned String : HelloHell
Concatenated String : HelloHell
Strchr()
SYNTAX
char *strchr(const char *s, int c);
DESCRIPTION
The strchr() function shall locate the first occurrence of c
(converted to a char) in the string pointed to by s.
The terminating null byte is considered to be part of the
string.
The strchr() function returns a pointer to the first
occurrence of character c located within s.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
char s[10] = “Locate";
char *pos = strchr(s, ‘a');
if (pos)
printf("Character ‘a' is found at position %d.\n", pos+1);
else
printf("Character ‘a’ is not found.\n");
return 0;
}
Output
Character ‘a' is found at position 4.
Size_t strspn()
SYNTAX
size_t strspn(const char *s1, const char *s2);
DESCRIPTION
The strspn() function computes the length of the maximum initial
segment of the string s1 that consists entirely of characters from the
string s2.
Its purpose is to determine the size, location, and existence of strings
in memory.
The strspn() function returns the index of the first character in str1
that doesn't match any character in str2.
EXAMPLE:
Given s1= abcdef and s2 =abc, the function returns 3.
Example
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
char string[] = "cabbage";
int result;
result = strspn( string, "abc" );
printf( "The portion of '%s' containing only a,
b or c is %d bytes long\n”,string,result);
return 0;
}
Output
The portion of 'cabbage' containing only a, b, or c is
5 bytes long
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