Difference between revisions of "GDN:strdup"
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| − | The strdup function copies the null-terminated string <code>s</code> into a newly allocated string. The string is allocated using <code>[[malloc]]</code> If <code>malloc</code> cannot allocate space for the new string, <code>strdup | + | The strdup function copies the null-terminated string <code>s</code> into a newly allocated string. The string is allocated using <code>[[malloc]]</code> If <code>malloc</code> cannot allocate space for the new string, <code>strdup</code> returns a null pointer. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the new wide character string. |
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Latest revision as of 14:49, 19 December 2013
The strdup function copies the null-terminated string s into a newly allocated string. The string is allocated using malloc If malloc cannot allocate space for the new string, strdup returns a null pointer. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the new wide character string.
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Prototype
<source lang="c">char * strdup (const char *s)</source>
| Header | string.h |
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| Supported Since | C90 |
