wmemset(3)

fill an array of wide-characters with a constant wide character

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Synopsis

#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *wmemset(wchar_t 
wcs
[.
n
], wchar_t 
wc
, size_t 
n
);

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NAME

wmemset - fill an array of wide-characters with a constant wide character

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

bash

#include <wchar.h>

bash

wchar_t *wmemset(wchar_t \nwcs\n[.\nn\n], wchar_t \nwc\n, size_t \nn\n);

DESCRIPTION

The wmemset() function is the wide-character equivalent of the memset(3) function. It fills the array of n wide-characters starting at wcs with n copies of the wide character wc.

RETURN VALUE

wmemset() returns wcs.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
wmemset ()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001, C99.