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<h2><a name="memcpy" id="memcpy">memcpy</a></h2>
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Syntax:
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;"> <span class="co2">#include <cstring></span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> <span class="sy0">*</span>memcpy<span class="br0">(</span> <span class="kw4">void</span> <span class="sy0">*</span>to<span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">void</span> <span class="sy0">*</span>from<span class="sy0">,</span> size_t count <span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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The function memcpy() copies <em>count</em> characters from the array <em>from</em> to the array <em>to</em>.
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The return value of memcpy() is <em>to</em>.
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The behavior of memcpy() is undefined if <em>to</em> and <em>from</em> overlap.
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