How to use the C language string concatenation function?
In the C language, the function used to concatenate strings is strcat(), and its prototype is as follows:
char* strcat(char* destination, const char* source);
The strcat() function appends the source string to the end of the destination string and returns a pointer to the destination string.
Here are the instructions for use:
- Firstly, ensure that the target string has enough space to accommodate the content of the source string.
- Call the strcat() function, passing the destination string as the first parameter and the source string as the second parameter.
- The function will append the content of the source string to the end of the target string.
- Finally, you can verify the results of the string concatenation by printing the target string.
Here is a simple example code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main() {
char destination[20] = "Hello";
char source[] = " World!";
strcat(destination, source);
printf("Concatenated string: %s\n", destination);
return 0;
}
The output is: Combined string: Hello World!