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wchar_t*wcscpy(wchar_t*dest,constwchar_t*src);Copies the wide string pointed to by src (including the terminating null wide character) to wide character array pointed to by dest.
If the strings overlap, the behavior is undefined.
Parameters
dest - pointer to the wide character array to copy to src - pointer to the null-terminated wide string to copy from Return value
dest
Example
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#include<clocale>#include<cwchar>#include<iostream>#include<memory>intmain(){constwchar_t*src=L"犬 means dog";// src[0] = L'狗'; // can't modify string literalautodst=std::make_unique<wchar_t[]>(std::wcslen(src)+1);// +1 for the nullstd::wcscpy(dst.get(),src);dst[0]=L'狗';std::setlocale(LC_ALL,"en_US.utf8");std::wcout.imbue(std::locale(""));std::wcout<<src<<'\n'<<dst.get()<<'\n';}Output:
犬 means dog 狗 means dog See also
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