strndup

fnstring strndup(string str, size_t n)

Duplicates the first n bytes of a string, returning a newly-allocated buffer n + 1 bytes long which will always be nul-terminated. If str is less than n bytes long the buffer is padded with nuls. If str is NULL it returns NULL.

To copy a number of characters from a UTF-8 encoded string, use funcGLib.utf8_strncpy instead.

Parameters

strthe string to duplicate
nthe maximum number of bytes to copy from str

Returns

a newly-allocated buffer containing the first

n bytes of str