man ustrdup () - Duplicates a string. Allegro game programming library.
NAME
ustrdup - Duplicates a string. Allegro game programming library.
SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro.h>
char *ustrdup(const char *src)
DESCRIPTION
This functions copies the null-terminated string `src' into a newly allocated area of memory, effectively duplicating it. Example:
void manipulate_string(const char *input_string)
{
char *temp_buffer = ustrdup(input_string);
/* Now we can modify temp_buffer */
...
RETURN VALUE
Returns the newly allocated string. This memory must be freed by the caller. Returns NULL if it cannot allocate space for the duplicated string.