#include <string.h>
#define MAX 25

void f( )
{
  char szTarget[MAX];
  char *szState ="Washington";
  char *szCity="Redmond, ";

  strncpy(szTarget,szCity, MAX);
  szTarget[MAX -1] = '\0';
  strncat(szTarget, szState, MAX); //wrong size 
  // code ...                                 
}

#include <string.h>
#define MAX 25

void f( )
{
  char szTarget[MAX];
  char *szState ="Washington";
  char *szCity="Redmond, ";

  strncpy(szTarget,szCity, MAX);
  szTarget[MAX -1] = '\0';
  strncat(szTarget, szState, MAX - strlen(szTarget)); // correct size 
  // code ...                                 
}

#include <string.h>

void f( )
{
  char *szState ="Washington";
  char *szCity="Redmond, ";

  size_t nTargetSize = strlen(szState) + strlen(szCity) + 1;
  char *szTarget= new char[nTargetSize];

  strncpy_s(szTarget, nTargetSize, szCity,strlen(szCity));
  strncat_s(szTarget, nTargetSize, szState,
                    nTargetSize - strlen(szTarget));
  // code ...
  delete [] szTarget;
}