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.TH WCSNCAT 3  1999-07-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
wcsncat \- concatenate two wide-character strings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <wchar.h>
.sp
.BI "wchar_t *wcsncat(wchar_t *" dest ", const wchar_t *" src ", size_t " n );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR wcsncat ()
function is the wide-character equivalent of the
.BR strncat (3)
function.
It copies at most \fIn\fP wide characters from the wide-character
string pointed to by \fIsrc\fP to the end of the wide-character string pointed
to by \fIdest\fP, and adds a terminating L'\\0' character.
.PP
The strings may not overlap.
.PP
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least
\fIwcslen(dest)+n+1\fP wide characters at \fIdest\fP.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.BR wcsncat ()
returns \fIdest\fP.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR strncat (3),
.BR wcscat (3)