Header File 

string.h, wchar.h, mbstring.h 

Category 

Memory and String Manipulation Routines, Inline Routines 

Prototype 

char *strcpy(char *dest, const char *src); 

wchar_t *wcscpy(wchar_t *dest, const wchar_t *src); 

unsigned char *_mbscpy(unsigned char *dest, const unsigned char *src); 

Description 

Copies one string into another. 

Copies string src to dest, stopping after the terminating null character has been moved. 

Return Value 

strcpy returns dest. 

Example  

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{
   char string[10];
   char *str1 = "abcdefghi";
   strcpy(string, str1);
   printf("%s\n", string);
   return 0;
}

Portability