Hi Roger,
RS>MO> strncat(stringvar, &charvar, 1); is the answer. it copies one 
haracter
RS>MO> from the string pointed by &charvar and then appends \0.
RS> Are you sure about the '\0' being appended?  I know that
RS> strncpy does not append a NUL.  I thought that the behavior
RS> was consistent across all the strnxxx functions.
According to my documentation (MS, Borland, IBM & Watcom), yes it is.
Unfortunately the behaviour is not consistant and there are subtle
differences between the behavior of strncat() and strncpy() which can
trap the unwary.
George
 * SLMR 2.1a * All Trademarks acknowledged (just in case ).
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