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# PetscStrncpy

Copies a string up to a certain length

### Synopsis

    #include "petscsys.h"
    PetscErrorCode  PetscStrncpy(char s[],const char t[],size_t n)

Not Collective

### Input Parameters

| t | - pointer to string
| n | - the length to copy

### Output Parameter

s -the copied string

### Note

Null string returns a string starting with zero

If the string that is being copied is of length n or larger then the entire string is not copied and the file location of s is set to NULL. This is different then the behavior of strncpy() which leaves s non-terminated.

### See Also

PetscStrcpy(), PetscStrcat(), PetscStrncat()

Level:intermediate
Location: src/sys/utils/str.c
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### Examples

src/tao/constrained/examples/tutorials/maros.c.html