NAME
memset —
write a byte to byte string
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 the original
value of b.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The memset() function conforms to
ANSI X3.159-1989
(“ANSI C89”).
HISTORY
The memset() function first appeared in
AT&T System V UNIX and was reimplemented
for 4.3BSD.