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<h3 class="section">5.18 <code>strcat</code>&mdash;concatenate strings</h3>
<p><a name="index-strcat-386"></a><strong>Synopsis</strong>
<pre class="example"> #include &lt;string.h&gt;
char *strcat(char *restrict <var>dst</var>, const char *restrict <var>src</var>);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
<code>strcat</code> appends a copy of the string pointed to by <var>src</var>
(including the terminating null character) to the end of the
string pointed to by <var>dst</var>. The initial character of
<var>src</var> overwrites the null character at the end of <var>dst</var>.
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<strong>Returns</strong><br>
This function returns the initial value of <var>dst</var>
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<strong>Portability</strong><br>
<code>strcat</code> is ANSI C.
<p><code>strcat</code> requires no supporting OS subroutines.
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