Get the return from strcpy() - C String

Description

Get the return from strcpy()

Demo Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>    // declares strcpy()

#define WORDS  "test"
#define SIZE 40//from w w  w. j av a 2  s  .  co  m

int main(void)
{
    const char * orig = WORDS;
    char copy[SIZE] = "this is a test.";
    char * ps;
    
    puts(orig);
    puts(copy);
    ps = strcpy(copy + 7, orig);
    puts(copy);
    puts(ps);
    
    return 0;
}

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