strndup.3pub

Langue: en

Version: C Programmer's Manual (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

Sommaire

NAME

strndup - duplicate part of a string

SYNOPSIS

 #include <publib.h>
 char *strndup(const char *str, size_t n);
 

DESCRIPTION

strndup will make a duplicate of the n first characters of str, using malloc(3) to allocate memory for the duplicate. The caller is supposed to free the duplicate's memory when no longer needed.

RETURN VALUE

strndup will return a pointer to the duplicate, or NULL if no memory could be allocated.

SEE ALSO

publib(3), strdup(3)

AUTHOR

Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)