<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE> {The S-lang C Library Reference}: SLmake_string</TITLE> <LINK HREF="cref-88.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="cref-86.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="cref.html#toc87" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="cref-88.html">Next</A> <A HREF="cref-86.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="cref.html#toc87">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="SLmake_string"></A> <A NAME="s87">87. <B>SLmake_string</B></A></H2> <P> <DL> <DT><B> Synopsis </B><DD><P>Duplicate a string <DT><B> Usage </B><DD><P><CODE>char *SLmake_string (char *s)</CODE> <DT><B> Description </B><DD><P>The <CODE>SLmake_string</CODE> function creates a new copy of the string <CODE>s</CODE>, via <CODE>malloc</CODE>, and returns it. Upon failure it returns <CODE>NULL</CODE>. Since the resulting string is malloced, it should be freed when nolonger needed via a call to either <CODE>free</CODE> or <CODE>SLfree</CODE>. <DT><B> Notes </B><DD><P><CODE>SLmake_string</CODE> should not be confused with the function <CODE>SLang_create_slstring</CODE>, which performs a similar function. <DT><B> See Also </B><DD><P><CODE>SLmake_nstring, SLfree, SLmalloc, SLang_create_slstring</CODE> </DL> <P> <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="cref-88.html">Next</A> <A HREF="cref-86.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="cref.html#toc87">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>