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.\" Copyright (c) Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
.\"
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.\"   ISO/IEC 9899:1999
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.TH WMEMCPY 3  1999-07-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
wmemcpy \- copy an array of wide-characters
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <wchar.h>
.sp
.BI "wchar_t *wmemcpy(wchar_t *" dest ", const wchar_t *" src ", size_t " n );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR wmemcpy ()
function is the wide-character equivalent of the
.BR memcpy (3)
function.
It copies \fIn\fP wide characters from the array starting at
\fIsrc\fP to the array starting at \fIdest\fP.
.PP
The arrays may not overlap; use
.BR wmemmove (3)
to copy between overlapping
arrays.
.PP
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least \fIn\fP wide
characters at \fIdest\fP.
.SH RETURN VALUE
.BR wmemcpy ()
returns \fIdest\fP.
.SH CONFORMING TO
C99.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR memcpy (3),
.BR wcscpy (3),
.BR wmemmove (3),
.BR wmempcpy (3)