NAME¶

SDL_strdup - Allocate a copy of a string.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h>

char * SDL_strdup(const char *str);

DESCRIPTION¶

This allocates enough space for a null-terminated copy of str, using SDL_malloc, and then makes a copy of the string into this space.

The returned string is owned by the caller, and should be passed to SDL_free when no longer needed.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

str

the string to copy.

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns a pointer to the newly-allocated string.

THREAD SAFETY¶

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.