_mbsnbcat

unsigned char *_mbsnbcat( unsigned char *dest, const unsigned char *src, size_t count );

Routine	Required Header	Compatibility
_mbsnbcat	<mbstring.h>	Win 95, Win NT

For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

Libraries

LIBC.LIB	Single thread static library, retail version
LIBCMT.LIB	Multithread static library, retail version
MSVCRT.LIB	Import library for MSVCRT.DLL, retail version

Return Value

_mbsnbcat returns a pointer to the destination string. No return value is reserved to indicate an error.

Parameters

dest

Null-terminated multibyte-character destination string

src

Null-terminated multibyte-character source string

count

Number of bytes from src to append to dest

Remarks

The _mbsnbcat function appends, at most, the first count bytes of src to dest. If the byte immediately preceding the null character in dest is a lead byte, the initial byte of src overwrites this lead byte. Otherwise the initial byte of src overwrites the terminating null character of dest. If a null byte appears in src before count bytes are appended, _mbsnbcat appends all bytes from src, up to the null character. If count is greater than the length of src, the length of src is used in place of count. The resulting string is terminated with a null character. If copying takes place between strings that overlap, the behavior is undefined.

Generic-Text Routine Mappings

TCHAR.H Routine	_UNICODE & _MBCS Not Defined	_MBCS Defined	_UNICODE Defined
_tcsncat	strncat	_mbsnbcat	wcsncat

String Manipulation Routines