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1.1     ! root        1: .TH STRING 3  "19 January 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: strcat, strncat, strcmp, strncmp, strcpy, strncpy, strlen, index, rindex \- string operations
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .B #include <strings.h>
        !             8: .PP
        !             9: .B char *strcat(s1, s2)
        !            10: .B char *s1, *s2;
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B char *strncat(s1, s2, n)
        !            13: .B char *s1, *s2;
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: .B strcmp(s1, s2)
        !            16: .B char *s1, *s2;
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: .B strncmp(s1, s2, n)
        !            19: .B char *s1, *s2;
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: .B char *strcpy(s1, s2)
        !            22: .B char *s1, *s2;
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: .B char *strncpy(s1, s2, n)
        !            25: .B char *s1, *s2;
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: .B strlen(s)
        !            28: .B char *s;
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: .B char *index(s, c)
        !            31: .B char *s, c;
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: .B char *rindex(s, c)
        !            34: .B char *s, c;
        !            35: .fi
        !            36: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            37: These functions operate on null-terminated strings.
        !            38: They do not check for overflow of any receiving string.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: .I Strcat
        !            41: appends a copy of string
        !            42: .I s2
        !            43: to the end of string
        !            44: .IR s1 .
        !            45: .I Strncat
        !            46: copies at most
        !            47: .I n
        !            48: characters.  Both return a pointer to the null-terminated result.
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: .I Strcmp
        !            51: compares its arguments and returns an integer
        !            52: greater than, equal to, or less than 0, according as
        !            53: .I s1
        !            54: is lexicographically greater than, equal to, or less than
        !            55: .IR s2 .
        !            56: .I Strncmp
        !            57: makes the same comparison but looks at at most
        !            58: .I n
        !            59: characters.
        !            60: .PP
        !            61: .I Strcpy
        !            62: copies string
        !            63: .I s2
        !            64: to
        !            65: .I s1,
        !            66: stopping after the null character has been moved.
        !            67: .I Strncpy
        !            68: copies exactly
        !            69: .I n
        !            70: characters, truncating or null-padding
        !            71: .I s2;
        !            72: the target may not be null-terminated if the length of
        !            73: .I s2
        !            74: is
        !            75: .I n
        !            76: or more.  Both return
        !            77: .IR s1 .
        !            78: .PP
        !            79: .I Strlen
        !            80: returns the number of non-null characters in
        !            81: .IR s .
        !            82: .PP
        !            83: .I Index
        !            84: .RI ( rindex )
        !            85: returns a pointer to the first (last) occurrence of character 
        !            86: .I c
        !            87: in string
        !            88: .I s,
        !            89: or zero if
        !            90: .I c
        !            91: does not occur in  the string.

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