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+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: Program to demonstrate the * flag limiting a string filed width
+ *          in a 'sprintf' statement.
+ *
+ *          This example shows an alternative way of performing a strncpy.
+ *
+ * Author:  M J Leslie
+ * Date:    18-Mar-98
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+main()
+{
+    char Dest[10] = "";
+    char Src[]    = "Ski on Whistler Mountain";
+                                                  /* Populate Dest */
+    memset  (Dest, 0, sizeof(Dest));
+    sprintf (Dest, "%.*s", sizeof(Dest)-1, Src);
+                                                  /* Show the results. */
+    printf("Src string : %s\n", Src);
+    printf("Dest string: %s\n", Dest);
+}