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From: volpe@camelback.crd.ge.com (Christopher R Volpe)
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Subject: Re: help with strcat
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Date: 5 Jun 91 12:16:55 GMT
References: <CSHORT.91Jun4131435@haywire.crl> <1991Jun4.210209.28463@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1991Jun4.210209.28463@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>,
gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) writes:
|>char *str1 = "Joseph went";
|>char *str2 ' " to the store.";
|>char str3[100];
|>
|>strcat(str3, str1); /* tacks str1 onto the end of str3 */

And where's the end of str3 if it hasn't been initialized? Use strcpy for
the first component instead.

|>strcat(str3, str2); /* tacks str2 onto the end of str3 */
|>
|>/* str3 should now be "Joseph went to the store." */
|>
|>
|>---
|>John Gordon
|>Internet: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu        #include <disclaimer.h>
|>          gordon@cerl.cecer.army.mil       #include <clever_saying.h>
                       
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Chris Volpe
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