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C String Functions

The document discusses four string functions: strlen returns the length of a string, strcpy copies one string to another, strcmp compares two strings and returns 0 if they match or other values if not, and strcat concatenates two strings.

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C String Functions

The document discusses four string functions: strlen returns the length of a string, strcpy copies one string to another, strcmp compares two strings and returns 0 if they match or other values if not, and strcat concatenates two strings.

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String functions

All the function discussed below exists in string.h header file


1. Strlen :- this function returns the length of the given string.
syntax strlen(s1) :- where s1 is string type parameter
e.g. Char name[10]=“bombay”;
printf(“%d”, strlen(name));
2. Strcpy :- this function copies the contents of one string to
the other.
syntax strcpy(s1,s2) this function will copy s2 string to
s1 string
e.g. char first[20];
char second[20]=“university”;
strcpy(first,second);
printf(“ \n %s “, first);
String functions
All the function discussed below exists in string.h header
file
3. Strcmp : this function compares two strings and
returns an integer value. If both the strings match then
this function will return zero.
syntax strcmp(s1,s2) : this function compares the
strings and if match completely then will return 0 other
wise if s1< s2 then will return value less than zero
ohterwise if s1 is greater than s2 then will return value
greater than zero.
e.g. char a[10]=“kello”;
char b[10]=“hello”;
int value;
value = strcmp(a,b);
printf(“%d”, value);
String functions
All the function discussed below exists in
string.h header file
4. Strcat : this function will concatenate or
appends second string to the first string.
syntax : strcat(s1,s2) : this function will
append the second string to the first string.
e.g. Char a[20]=“delhi”;
char b[10]=“city”;
strcat(a,” “);
strcat(a,b);
printf(“%s”, a);

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