ft_strlcat.c File Reference

#include "../includes/libft.h"

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Functions
size_t	ft_strlcat (char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
	Appends a string to a bounded destination buffer.

Function Documentation

ft_strlcat()

size_t ft_strlcat	(	char *	dest,
		const char *	src,
		size_t	size
	)

Appends a string to a bounded destination buffer.

Parameters

dest	Destination buffer.
src	Source string.
size	Full size of dest buffer.

Returns

Length of the string it tried to create.

Definition at line 23 of file ft_strlcat.c.

{
    size_t  dest_len;
    size_t  src_len;
    size_t  i;
 
    dest_len = 0;
    while (dest[dest_len] && dest_len < size)
        dest_len++;
    src_len = ft_strlen(src);
    if (dest_len == size)
        return (size + src_len);
    i = 0;
    while (src[i] && (dest_len + i) < (size - 1))
    {
        dest[dest_len + i] = src[i];
        i++;
    }
    dest[dest_len + i] = '\0';
    return (dest_len + src_len);
}

References ft_strlen().

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