Convert char array to string use C

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I need to convert a char array to string  Something like this   char array 20   char string 100    array 0   1   array 1   7   array 2   8   array 3       array 4   9         I would like to get something like that   char string 0   array    where it was stored 178 9     in position  0

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Assuming array is a character array that does not end in  0  you will want to use strncpy   char   strncpy char   destination  const char   source  size t num     like so   strncpy string  array  20   string 20      0    Then string will be a null terminated C string  as desired

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You can use strcpy but remember to end the array with   0   char array 20   char string 100    array 0   1   array 1   7   array 2   8   array 3       array 4   9   array 5    0   strcpy string  array   printf   s n   string

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You re saying you have this   char array 20   char string 100   array 0   1    array 1   7    array 2   8    array 3        array 4   9     And you d like to have this   string 0    178 9      where it was stored 178 9     in position  0    You can t have that  A char holds 1 character  That s it   A  string  in C is an array of characters followed by a sentinel character  NULL terminator    Now if you want to copy the first x characters out of array to string you can do that with memcpy     memcpy string  array  x   string x      0

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