#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{

char *pSrcString = NULL;
char *pDstString = NULL;

/* muppet == 6, so +1 for '' */
if ((pSrcString = malloc(7) == NULL))
{
    printf("pSrcString malloc errorn");
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

if ((pDstString = malloc(7) == NULL))
{
    printf("pDstString malloc errorn");
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

strcpy(pSrcString,"muppet");

strcpy(pDstString,pSrcString);

printf("pSrcString= %sn",pSrcString);
printf("pDstString = %sn",pDstString);
free(pSrcString);
free(pDstString);

return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

pSrcString = 0;

(pSrcString = malloc(7)) == NULL

pSrcString = strdup("muppet");