man 3 memset

Name

memset - fill memory with a constant byte

Synopsis

#include
void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);

Description

The memset() function fills the first n bytes of the memory area pointed to by s with the constant byte c.

Return Value

The memset() function returns a pointer to the memory area s.

Conforming to

SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.

See Also

bzero(3), swab(3), wmemset(3)

Referenced By

aio(7), bstring(3), feature_test_macros(7)