Min standard

std::strcpy

Header: <cstring>

Copies the character string pointed to by src, including the null terminator, to the character array whose first element is pointed to by dest.

# Declarations

char* strcpy( char* dest, const char* src );

# Parameters

dest: pointer to the character array to write to
src: pointer to the null-terminated byte string to copy from

# Return value

dest

# Example

#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
 
int main()
{
    const char* src = "Take the test.";
//  src[0] = 'M'; // can't modify string literal
    auto dst = std::make_unique<char[]>(std::strlen(src) + 1); // +1 for null terminator
    std::strcpy(dst.get(), src);
    dst[0] = 'M';
    std::cout << src << '\n' << dst.get() << '\n';
}

# See also