Concatenates str_2, including the terminating null character, to the end of str_1. Format #include <string.h> char *strcat (char *str_1, const char *str_2);
1 – Function Variants
The strcat function has variants named _strcat32 and _strcat64 for use with 32-bit and 64-bit pointer sizes, respectively.
2 – Arguments
str_1, str_2 Pointers to null-terminated character strings.
3 – Description
See strncat.
4 – Return Value
x The address of the first argument, str_1, which is assumed to be large enough to hold the concatenated result.
5 – Example
#include <string.h> #include <stdio.h> /* This program concatenates two strings using the strcat */ /* function, and then manually compares the result of strcat */ /* to the expected result. */ #define S1LENGTH 10 #define S2LENGTH 8 main() { static char s1buf[S1LENGTH + S2LENGTH] = "abcmnexyz"; static char s2buf[] = " orthis"; static char test1[] = "abcmnexyz orthis"; int i; char *status; /* Take static buffer s1buf, concatenate static buffer */ /* s2buf to it, and compare the answer in s1buf with the */ /* static answer in test1. */ status = strcat(s1buf, s2buf); for (i = 0; i <= S1LENGTH + S2LENGTH - 2; i++) { /* Check for correct returned string. */ if (test1[i] != s1buf[i]) printf("error in strcat"); } }