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| <h3 class="section">5.12 <code>memset</code>—set an area of memory</h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-memset-380"></a><strong>Synopsis</strong> |
| <pre class="example"> #include <string.h> |
| void *memset(void *<var>dst</var>, int <var>c</var>, size_t <var>length</var>); |
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| <p><strong>Description</strong><br> |
| This function converts the argument <var>c</var> into an unsigned |
| char and fills the first <var>length</var> characters of the array |
| pointed to by <var>dst</var> to the value. |
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| <strong>Returns</strong><br> |
| <code>memset</code> returns the value of <var>dst</var>. |
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| <strong>Portability</strong><br> |
| <code>memset</code> is ANSI C. |
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| <p><code>memset</code> requires no supporting OS subroutines. |
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