size_t u16_strnlen(const u16 *in, size_t count);
/**
+ * u16_strcpy() - copy u16 string
+ *
+ * Copy u16 string pointed to by src, including terminating null word, to
+ * the buffer pointed to by dest.
+ *
+ * @dest: destination buffer
+ * @src: source buffer (null terminated)
+ * Return: 'dest' address
+ */
+u16 *u16_strcpy(u16 *dest, const u16 *src);
+
+/**
+ * u16_strdup() - duplicate u16 string
+ *
+ * Copy u16 string pointed to by src, including terminating null word, to a
+ * newly allocated buffer.
+ *
+ * @src: source buffer (null terminated)
+ * Return: allocated new buffer on success, NULL on failure
+ */
+u16 *u16_strdup(const u16 *src);
+
+/**
* utf16_to_utf8() - Convert an utf16 string to utf8
*
* Converts 'size' characters of the utf16 string 'src' to utf8