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Function dmd.root.rmem.xarraydup

Makes a null-terminated copy of the given string on newly allocated memory. The null-terminator won't be part of the returned string slice. It will be at position n where n is the length of the input string.

char[] xarraydup (
  const(char)[] s
) pure;

Parameters

NameDescription
s string to copy

Returns

A null-terminated copy of the input array.

Example

auto s1 = "foo";
auto s2 = s1.xarraydup;
s2[0] = 'b';
writeln(s1); // "foo"
writeln(s2); // "boo"
writeln(*(s2.ptr + s2.length)); // '\0'
string sEmpty;
assert(sEmpty.xarraydup is null);

Authors

Walter Bright, http://www.digitalmars.com

License

Boost License 1.0