memset(3) BSD Library Functions Manual memset(3)

NAME

 memset -- fill a byte string with a byte value

LIBRARY

 Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

 #include <string.h>
 void *
 memset(void *b, int c, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION

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

RETURN VALUES

 The memset() function returns its first argument.

SEE ALSO

 bzero(3) , memset_pattern(3) , memset_s.3, swab(3) , wmemset(3) 

STANDARDS

 The memset() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90'').
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD