| ... | ... | @@ -269,6 +269,21 @@ pub fn copyBackwards(comptime T: type, dest: []T, source: []const T) void { |
| 269 | 269 | } |
| 270 | 270 | } |
| 271 | 271 | |
| 272 | /// Copy `source` into `dest`. Asserts no overlap. Asserts `dest.len` greater or equal to source len. Returns |
| 273 | /// number of elements copied. Sentinel is not copied. |
| 274 | pub fn copySentinel(comptime T: type, comptime s: T, dest: []T, source: [*:s]const T) usize { |
| 275 | const i = findSentinel(T, s, source); |
| 276 | @memcpy(dest[0..i], source[0..i]); |
| 277 | return i; |
| 278 | } |
| 279 | |
| 280 | test copySentinel { |
| 281 | var dst: [11]u8 = @splat(0xff); |
| 282 | const n = copySentinel(u8, 0, &dst, "hello this\x00is my null-terminated string"); |
| 283 | try testing.expectEqualStrings("hello this\xff", &dst); |
| 284 | try testing.expectEqual(n, 10); |
| 285 | } |
| 286 | |
| 272 | 287 | /// Generally, Zig users are encouraged to explicitly initialize all fields of a struct explicitly rather than using this function. |
| 273 | 288 | /// However, it is recognized that there are sometimes use cases for initializing all fields to a "zero" value. For example, when |
| 274 | 289 | /// interfacing with a C API where this practice is more common and relied upon. If you are performing code review and see this |
Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org> 2026-09-07 16:15:33-07:00