strncpy

[young]

I am copy one string to another but when I print out, it is wired data after the copyed data why? here is the program and the outptut


char termp[20],data[20];
int8 length;
length=strlen(termp);
gets(termp); //termp=" 112.7880T1"
strncpy(data,termp,length-2);
puts(data);

output

\0A 111.71207T1ªòÿÿCÿŸ·îþÿ¯ýïý÷¿Ý¶ïwÿ \0D

I do not know why "ªòÿÿCÿŸ·îþÿ¯ýïý÷¿Ý¶ïwÿ " is coming out?

[rwyoung]

strncpy doesn't seem to be terminating the copy at the \0. Look at your LST file. If there is a bug, then write your own version of strncpy.
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