wcsncat — concatenate a wide-character string with part of another
#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wcsncat(wchar_t *restrict ws1, const wchar_t *restrict ws2,
size_t n);
[CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2024 defers to the ISO C standard.The wcsncat() function shall append not more than n wide-character codes (a null wide-character code and wide-character codes that follow it are not appended) from the array pointed to by ws2 to the end of the wide-character string pointed to by ws1. The initial wide-character code of ws2 shall overwrite the null wide-character code at the end of ws1. A terminating null wide-character code shall always be appended to the result. If copying takes place between objects that overlap, the behavior is undefined.
[CX] The wcsncat() function shall not change the setting of errno on valid input.
The wcsncat() function shall return ws1; no return value is reserved to indicate an error.
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XBD <wchar.h>
First released in Issue 4. Derived from the MSE working draft.
The wcsncat() prototype is updated for alignment with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.
Austin Group Defect 448 is applied, adding a requirement that wcsncat() does not change the setting of errno on valid input.
Austin Group Defect 986 is applied, adding wcslcat() to the SEE ALSO section.
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