NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     memset -- write a byte to byte string

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     void *
     memset(void *b, int c, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The memset() function writes len bytes of value c (converted to an
     unsigned char) to the string b.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The memset() function returns its first argument.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     bzero(3), swab(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The memset() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89'').


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