EC_STRVEC_NDUP(3)

💖 EC_STRVEC_NDUP — the libecoli programmer's manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about ec_strvec_ndup from the libecoli programmer's manual ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ec_strvec_ndup — she duplicates a part of a string vector 💅 like not the whole thing, just a slice, and honestly? iconic behavior.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <ecoli/strvec.h>

struct ec_strvec * ec_strvec_ndup(
    const struct ec_strvec   *strvec,  /* The pointer to the string vector. */
    size_t                    off,     /* The index of the first string to duplicate. */
    size_t                    len      /* The number of strings to duplicate. */
);

so you're handing her three things, no cap:

• strvec — the pointer to the string vector 🫶 the one you're copying from, don't lose her
• off — the index of the first string to duplicate 🌸 where the copy starts, like a lil starting line
• len — the number of strings to duplicate 🦋 how many of them you're taking with you

and she gives you back a struct ec_strvec * — a whole fresh baby strvec, born from that slice 👑

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Attributes are duplicated if any. that's the whole vibe, fr fr — if your strvec is carrying attributes, they get duplicated too. she's not leaving anything behind, she's a main character like that 💅

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

you get back the duplicated strvec object 🎀 a whole new one, all yours

or — and this is the part where we get a little dramatic 😭 — she returns NULL on error, and errno is set. so like, check that. always check that. don't be out here assuming bestie, okay?

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group, go say hi 🫶:

• ec_strvec_set_attrs(3)
• ec_strvec_del_last(3)
• ec_strvec_val(3)
• ec_strvec_cmp(3)
• ec_strvec_sort(3)
• ec_strvec_from_array(3)
• ec_strvec_get_attrs(3)
• ec_strvec_dup(3)
• ec_strvec_set(3)
• ec_strvec_len(3)
• ec_strvec_dump(3)
• ec_strvec_sh_lex_str(3)
• ec_strvec_add(3)
• ec_strvec_free(3)
• ec_strvec(3)

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry. respect the elders, they built the whole libecoli house we're living in 🏠✨

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and that's the page bestie!! 🦋 this was libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and the page itself is EC_STRVEC_NDUP(3) — go forth, duplicate your slices, and remember: check errno, love yourself, periodt 💅💖🌸