From 34e170d3b6e4ac8e4f04f015d61900d960a2af63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NukeBird <nukebird.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:32:50 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] axl_strncat

---
 axl_string.cpp | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 axl_string.h   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/axl_string.cpp b/axl_string.cpp
index 207cf84..072b9a6 100644
--- a/axl_string.cpp
+++ b/axl_string.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ u32 axl_strlen(const i8* s)
     {
         return 0;
     }
-        
+
     u32 len = 0;
 
     while(s[len] != '\0')
@@ -62,3 +62,18 @@ i8* axl_strcat(i8* dst, const i8* src)
 
     return axl_strcpy(dst + axl_strlen(dst), src);
 }
+
+i8* axl_strncat(i8* dst, const i8* src, u32 n) //n actually means "not more than"
+{
+    if(n == 0 || !dst || !src) 
+    {
+        return dst;
+    }
+
+    i8* p = dst + axl_strlen(dst);
+    while (n-- && (*p++ = *src++)); //quick note: '\0' == 0
+
+    *p = '\0';  //in case we copied exactly n without '\0'
+
+    return dst;
+}
diff --git a/axl_string.h b/axl_string.h
index 8d7b2df..e93fe06 100644
--- a/axl_string.h
+++ b/axl_string.h
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ u32 axl_strlen(const i8* s);
 i8* axl_strcpy(i8* dst, const i8* src);
 i8* axl_strncpy(i8* dst, const i8* src, u32 n);
 i8* axl_strcat(i8* dst, const i8* src);
+i8* axl_strncat(i8* dst, const i8* src, u32 n);
 
 #endif // AXL_STRING