strncpy() example

[jrobot]

Hi All,

This example is on the strncpy() webpage but it is as follows:

/* strncpy example */

//strncpy(destination,source,number)

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main ()
{
char str1[]= "To be or not to be";
char str2[6];
strncpy (str2,str1,5);

//str2[6] = "to be or not to"

str2[5]='\0';

//str2[6] = "to be or not \0"

puts (str2);
return 0;
}

the comments are added by me for my logic. the output states that it should be "to be" but when i go through it myself, it reads "to be or not". why should the "or not" be taken out of str2?

Thanks,
jrobot

[Athar]

Erm, what? The strncpy call copies the first five characters from str1 to str2, which is "To be".
The commented lines don't make any sense.

[jrobot]

pardon my rustiness. i was considering each word to be an entry instead of each individual character. makes more sense now. thanks!