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Article #5126Re: char *strcat(), *strcpy(), *fgets();
From: Mike Khaw
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1988 18:26
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1988 18:26
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From article <1309@ark.cs.vu.nl>, by maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath):
> Why do the functions named above return 'char *', instead of 'int', viz. the
> REALLY useful new size of the first argument string, or the number of chars
> moved?
I suppose it's so that you can do
strcpy(foo, strcat(bar, fgets(baz, size, stream)));
(Not that I do such things often).
Mike Khaw
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!mkhaw From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: char *strcat(), *strcpy(), *fgets(); Message-ID: <23396@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> Date: 23 Jun 88 18:26:21 GMT References: <1309@ark.cs.vu.nl> Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA Lines: 16