{"id":11693,"date":"2024-03-14T14:33:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-the-strcat-function-in-the-c-language\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:39:08","slug":"what-is-the-usage-of-the-strcat-function-in-the-c-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-the-strcat-function-in-the-c-language\/","title":{"rendered":"strcat in C: Usage Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>strcat is a library function in the C language that is used to concatenate one string to the end of another string.<\/p>\n<p>The basic syntax is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-type\">char<\/span> *<span class=\"hljs-title function_\">strcat<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(<span class=\"hljs-type\">char<\/span> *dest, <span class=\"hljs-type\">const<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">char<\/span> *src)<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>dest is the target string and src is the source string to be concatenated. 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Prior to concatenating strings, the strlen function is typically used to determine the length of the destination string to ensure there is enough space for the source string.<\/p>\n<p>He handed in his assignment at the last minute.<\/p>\n<p>He submitted his assignment just in time.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-type\">char<\/span> dest[<span class=\"hljs-number\">20<\/span>] = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Hello, \"<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">char<\/span> src[] = <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"world!\"<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">strcat<\/span>(dest, src);\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%s\\n\"<\/span>, dest); <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u8f93\u51fa\u4e3a \"Hello, world!\"<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>strcat is a library function in the C language that is used to concatenate one string to the end of another string. 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