wcsncpy - copy a fixed-size string of wide characters
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wcsncpy(wchar_t dest[restrict .n],
const wchar_t src[restrict .n],
size_t n);
The wcsncpy() function is the wide-character
equivalent of the strncpy(3) function. It copies at
most n wide characters from the wide-character string pointed
to by src, including the terminating null wide character
(L'\0'), to the array pointed to by dest. Exactly n
wide characters are written at dest. If the length
wcslen(src) is smaller than n, the remaining wide
characters in the array pointed to by dest are filled with null
wide characters. If the length wcslen(src) is greater than or
equal to n, the string pointed to by dest will not be
terminated by a null wide character.
The strings may not overlap.
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least n
wide characters at dest.
wcsncpy() returns dest.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
wcsncpy() |
Thread safety | MT-Safe |
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
strncpy(3)