6.23.60 wmemcpy Function

Copy wide characters to an object.

Include

<wchar.h>

Prototype

wchar_t * wmemcpy( wchar_t * restrict s1, const wchar_t * restrict s2, size_t n);

Arguments

s1

the object to hold the copied wide characters

s2

the object from which wide characters are copied

n

the number of wide characters to copy

Return Value

A copy of s1.

Remarks

The function copies n wide characters from the object pointed to by s2 into the object pointed to by s1.

Example

#include <wchar.h>

int main(void)
{
  wchar_t ws[40];

  wmemcpy(ws, L"a literal wide string", 10);
  ws[10] = L'\0';
  wprintf(L"the wide string copied to ws is \"%ls\"\n", ws);
}

Example Output

the wide string copied to ws is "a literal "