C / C++ / MFC

char myString[100]; // Is a buffer of 100 chars the a string may be copied into.<br />
strcat( myString, "Hello World!" ); // will fail because the buffer is full of junk.<br />
// but<br />
strcpy( myString, "World!" ); // will work because it doesn't care what is in the buffer<br />
myString[0] = 0; // copies an empty string to the buffer<br />
strcat( myString, "Hello World!" ); // appends the string to the empty string ( also sets the character after '!' to \0 or NULL.

TCHAR myString[100];<br />
_tcscpy_s( myString, 100, _T("Hello World!");

CPallini wrote:

The code ... is correct.

CPallini wrote:

It isn't elegant

CPallini wrote:

nor optimal

CPallini wrote:

not wrong