Function to copy string (Iterative and Recursive)
Given two strings, copy one string to other using recursion. We basically need to write our own recursive version of strcpy in C/C++
Examples:
Input : s1 = "hello"
s2 = "geeksforgeeks"
Output : s2 = "hello"
Input : s1 = "geeksforgeeks"
s2 = ""
Output : s2 = "geeksforgeeks"
Iterative :
Copy every character from s1 to s2 starting from index = 0 and in each call increase the index by 1 until s1 doesn’t reach to end;
C++
// Iterative CPP Program to copy one String // to another. #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; // Function to copy one string to other // assuming that other string has enough // space. void myCopy(char s1[], char s2[]) { int i = 0; for (i=0; s1[i] != '\0'; i++) s2[i] = s1[i]; s2[i] = '\0'; } // Driver function int main() { char s1[100] = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"; char s2[100] = ""; myCopy(s1, s2); cout << s2; return 0; } |
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Java
// Iterative Java Program to copy one String // to another. class GFG { // Function to copy one string to other // assuming that other string has enough // space. static void myCopy(char s1[], char s2[]) { int i = 0; for (i = 0; i < s1.length; i++) s2[i] = s1[i]; } // Driver code public static void main(String[] args) { char s1[] = "GEEKSFORGEEKS".toCharArray(); char s2[] = new char[s1.length]; myCopy(s1, s2); System.out.println(String.valueOf(s2)); } } // This code contributed by Rajput-Ji |
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Python3
# Iterative Python Program to copy one String # to another. # Function to copy one string to other # assuming that other string has enough # space. def myCopy(s1, s2): for i in range(len(s1)): s2[i] = s1[i]; # Driver code s1 = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"; s2 = ['']*(len(s1)); myCopy(s1, s2); print(("".join(s2))); # This code contributed by PrinciRaj1992 |
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C#
// Iterative C# Program to copy one String // to another. using System; class GFG { // Function to copy one string to other // assuming that other string has enough // space. static void myCopy(char []s1, char []s2) { int i = 0; for (i = 0; i < s1.Length; i++) s2[i] = s1[i]; } // Driver code public static void Main(String[] args) { char []s1 = "GEEKSFORGEEKS".ToCharArray(); char []s2 = new char[s1.Length]; myCopy(s1, s2); Console.WriteLine(String.Join("", s2)); } } // This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar |
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Output:
GEEKSFORGEEKS
Recursive :
Copy every character from s1 to s2 starting from index = 0 and in each call increase the index by 1 until s1 doesn’t reach to end;
C++
// CPP Program to copy one String to // another using Recursion #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; // Function to copy one string in to other // using recursion void myCopy(char s1[], char s2[], int index = 0) { // copying each character from s1 to s2 s2[index] = s1[index]; // if string reach to end then stop if (s1[index] == '\0') return; // increase character index by one myCopy(s1, s2, index + 1); } // Driver function int main() { char s1[100] = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"; char s2[100] = ""; myCopy(s1, s2); cout << s2; return 0; } |
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Java
// Java Program to copy one String to // another using Recursion class GFG { // Function to copy one string in to other // using recursion static void myCopy(char s1[], char s2[], int index) { // copying each character from s1 to s2 s2[index] = s1[index]; // if string reach to end then stop if (index == s1.length - 1) { return; } // increase character index by one myCopy(s1, s2, index + 1); } // Driver Code public static void main(String[] args) { char s1[] = "GEEKSFORGEEKS".toCharArray(); char s2[] = new char[s1.length]; int index = 0; myCopy(s1, s2, index); System.out.println(String.valueOf(s2)); } } // This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992 |
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Python3
# Python3 Program to copy one String to # another using Recursion # Function to copy one string in to other # using recursion def myCopy(s1, s2, index): # copying each character from s1 to s2 s2[index] = s1[index]; # if string reach to end then stop if (index == len(s1) - 1): return; # increase character index by one myCopy(s1, s2, index + 1); # Driver Code if __name__ == '__main__': s1 = "GEEKSFORGEEKS"; s2 = [0] * (len(s1)); index = 0; myCopy(s1, s2, index); print("".join(s2)); # This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar |
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C#
// C# Program to copy one String to // another using Recursion using System; class GFG { // Function to copy one string in to other // using recursion static void myCopy(char []s1, char []s2, int index) { // copying each character from s1 to s2 s2[index] = s1[index]; // if string reach to end then stop if (index == s1.Length - 1) { return; } // increase character index by one myCopy(s1, s2, index + 1); } // Driver Code public static void Main(String[] args) { char []s1 = "GEEKSFORGEEKS".ToCharArray(); char []s2 = new char[s1.Length]; int index = 0; myCopy(s1, s2, index); Console.WriteLine(String.Join("", s2)); } } // This code is contributed by Princi Singh |
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Output:
GEEKSFORGEEKS
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