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strdup() function in C:
- strdup( ) function in C duplicates the given string. Syntax for strdup( ) function is given below.
char *strdup(const char *string);
- strdup( ) function is non standard function which may not available in standard library in C.
Example program for strdup() function in C:
In this program, string “Raja” is duplicated using strdup( ) function and duplicated string is displayed as output.
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#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main() { char *p1 = "Raja"; char *p2; p2 = strdup(p1); printf("Duplicated string is : %s", p2); return 0; } |
Output:
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Duplicated string is : Raja
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C String functions:
- String.h header file supports all the string functions in C language. All the string functions are given below.
- Click on each string function name below for detail description and example programs.
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String functions
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Description
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| strcat ( ) | Concatenates str2 at the end of str1 |
| strncat ( ) | Appends a portion of string to another |
| strcpy ( ) | Copies str2 into str1 |
| strncpy ( ) | Copies given number of characters of one string to another |
| strlen ( ) | Gives the length of str1 |
| strcmp ( ) | Returns 0 if str1 is same as str2. Returns <0 if strl < str2. Returns >0 if str1 > str2 |
| strcmpi ( ) | Same as strcmp() function. But, this function negotiates case. “A” and “a” are treated as same. |
| strchr ( ) | Returns pointer to first occurrence of char in str1 |
| strrchr ( ) | last occurrence of given character in a string is found |
| strstr ( ) | Returns pointer to first occurrence of str2 in str1 |
| strrstr ( ) | Returns pointer to last occurrence of str2 in str1 |
| strdup ( ) | Duplicates the string |
| strlwr ( ) | Converts string to lowercase |
| strupr ( ) | Converts string to uppercase |
| strrev ( ) | Reverses the given string |
| strset ( ) | Sets all character in a string to given character |
| strnset ( ) | It sets the portion of characters in a string to given character |
| strtok ( ) | Tokenizing given string using delimiter |