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What is the difference between memcpy() and memmove() functions in C?

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  • memcpy()  function is is used to copy a specified number of bytes from one memory to another.
  • memmove() function is used to copy a specified number of bytes from one memory to another or to overlap on same memory.
  • Difference between memmove() and memcpy() is, overlap can happen on memmove(). Whereas, memory overlap won’t happen in memcpy() and it should be done in non-destructive way.
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