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# PL_strcpy
Copies a string, up to and including the trailing `'\0'`, into a
destination buffer.
## Syntax
```{code}
char * PL_strcpy(char *dest, const char *src);
```
## Parameters
The function has these parameters:
`dest`
: Pointer to a buffer. On output, the buffer contains a copy of the
string passed in src.
`src`
: Pointer to the string to be copied.
## Returns
The function returns a pointer to the buffer specified by the `dest`
parameter.
## Description
If the string specified by `src` is longer than the buffer specified
by `dest`, the buffer will not be null-terminated.