#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main ( int argc, char *argv[] ){
char a[26] = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m',
'n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'};
char b[] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
char str1[26], str2[26], str3[26], str4[26];
/*copy first 7 characters to str1 */
strncpy(str1, a, 7);
str1[7] = '\0';
puts(str1);
/*from 10th characters, copy 7 characters to str2 */
strncpy(str2, &a[9], 7);
str2[7] = '\0';
puts(str2);
/*from 10th characters, copy 7 characters to str3 */
strncpy(str3, a+9, 7);
str3[7] = '\0';
puts(str3);
/*from 3rd characters, copy 7 characters to str4 */
strncpy(str4, &a+3, 7);
str4[7] = '\0';
puts(str4);
return 0;
}