-=> F. Tourigny wrote to All <=-

 FT>        while(*pA != '\0')   /* line A (see text) */
 FT>        {
 FT>          *pB++ = *pA++;     /* line B (see text) */
                 ^^ increment operator!
 FT>        }
 ...
 FT>  why I can't replace (strB) with (pB) in the
 FT>  following line since pB points at string B:

It doesn't. pB was initalized to strB, but after that, it was incremented.
It now points to the *end* of the string.

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