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# strecopy

Copy a null-terminated string, return a pointer to the end.

## Declaration

Source position: strings.pp line 37

`function strecopy(`
`dest: PChar;`
`source: PChar`
`):PChar;`

## Description

Copies the Null-terminated string in Source to Dest, and returns a pointer to the end (i.e. the terminating Null-character) of the copied string.

## Errors

No length checking is performed.

## See also

StrLCopy |  | Copy a null-terminated string, limited in length.
StrCopy |  | Copy a null-terminated string

## Example

    Program Example6;

    Uses strings;

    { Program to demonstrate the StrECopy function. }

    Const P : PChar = 'This is a PCHAR string.';

    Var PP : PChar;

    begin
      PP:=StrAlloc (StrLen(P)+1);
      If Longint(StrECopy(PP,P))-Longint(PP)<>StrLen(P) then
        Writeln('Something is wrong here !')
      else
        Writeln ('PP= ',PP);
      StrDispose(PP);
    end.