ft_strdup.c

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/*   ft_strdup.c                                        :+:      :+:    :+:   */
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/*   By: gpiccion <gpiccion@student.42wolfsburg.    +#+  +:+       +#+        */
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/*   Created: 2022/02/08 23:08:20 by gpiccion          #+#    #+#             */
/*   Updated: 2022/02/08 23:08:20 by gpiccion         ###   ########.fr       */
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#include "libft.h"

// Returns a pointer to a new string which is a duplicate of the string 's'.
// Memory for the new string is obtained with malloc and can be freed with free.
char	*ft_strdup(const char *s)
{
	size_t	i;
	char	*result;

	result = (char *)malloc(ft_strlen(s) + 1);
	if (!result)
		return (NULL);
	i = 0;
	while (s[i])
	{
		result[i] = s[i];
		i++;
	}
	result[i] = '\0';
	return (result);
}