Name

wmemcpy — copy an array of wide-characters

Synopsis

#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wmemcpy( wchar_t *restrict dest,
  const wchar_t *restrict src,
  size_t n);
 

DESCRIPTION

The wmemcpy() function is the wide-character equivalent of the memcpy(3) function. It copies n wide characters from the array starting at src to the array starting at dest.

The arrays may not overlap; use wmemmove(3) to copy between overlapping arrays.

The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least n wide characters at dest.

RETURN VALUE

wmemcpy() returns dest.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface Attribute Value
wmemcpy() Thread safety MT-Safe

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.

SEE ALSO

memcpy(3), wcscpy(3), wmemmove(3), wmempcpy(3)

COLOPHON

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References consulted:
  GNU glibc-2 source code and manual
  Dinkumware C library reference http://www.dinkumware.com/
  OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
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