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C++ program to concatenate two strings
/* C++ program to concatenate two strings
Combined two string or Concatenate two string means add both string with each other, we can perform this operation using library function or without library function. For example if first string is john and second string is porter then after combined these string output will be johnporter. */
#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<string.h>
void main()
{
char *ch1="C++ Programming Language";
char *ch2="Happy Codings :)";
char *ptr;
clrscr();
cout<<"1 st String: "<<ch1;
cout<<"\n 2 nd String: "<<ch2;
strcat(ch1,ch2);
cout<<"\nCombined string is: "<<ch1;
getch();
}
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