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# strlcat

Concatenate 2 null-terminated strings, with length boundary.

## Declaration

Source position: strings.pp line 64

`function strlcat(`
`dest: PChar;`
`source: PChar;`
`l: SizeInt`
`):PChar;`

## Description

Adds L characters from Source to Dest, and adds a terminating null-character. Returns Dest.

## Errors

None.

## See also

StrCat |  | Concatenate 2 null-terminated strings.

## Example

    Program Example12;

    Uses strings;

    { Program to demonstrate the StrLCat function. }

    Const P1 : PChar = '1234567890';

    Var P2 : PChar;

    begin
      P2:=StrAlloc (StrLen(P1)*2+1);
      P2^:=#0; { Zero length }
      StrCat (P2,P1);
      StrLCat (P2,P1,5);
      Writeln ('P2 = ',P2);
      StrDispose(P2)
    end.