NAME¶
ustrdup - Duplicates a string. Allegro game programming library.
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <allegro.h>
char *ustrdup(const char *src)
DESCRIPTION¶
This functions copies the null-terminated string `src' into a newly allocated
area of memory, effectively duplicating it. Example:
void manipulate_string(const char *input_string)
{
char *temp_buffer = ustrdup(input_string);
/* Now we can modify temp_buffer */
...
RETURN VALUE¶
Returns the newly allocated string. This memory must be freed by the caller.
Returns NULL if it cannot allocate space for the duplicated string.
SEE ALSO¶
_ustrdup(3alleg4), uconvert(3alleg4), ustrsize(3alleg4),
ustrsizez(3alleg4), exconfig(3alleg4)
