_strset, _wcsset, _mbsset

Set characters of a string to a character.

char *_strset( char *string, int c );

wchar_t *_wcsset( wchar_t *string, wchar_t c );

unsigned char *_mbsset( unsigned char *string, unsigned int c );

For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

Libraries

Return Value

Each of these functions returns a pointer to the altered string. No return value is reserved to indicate an error.

Parameters

string

Null-terminated string to be set

c

Character setting

Remarks

The _strset function sets all the characters of string to c (converted to char), except the terminating null character. _wcsset and _mbsset are wide-character and multibyte-character versions of _strset. The data types of the arguments and return values vary accordingly. These three functions behave identically otherwise.

Generic-Text Routine Mappings

Example

/* STRSET.C */

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main( void )
{
   char string[] = "Fill the string with something";
   printf( "Before: %s\n", string );
   _strset( string, '*' );
   printf( "After:  %s\n", string );
}

Output

Before: Fill the string with something
After:  ******************************

String Manipulation Routines

See Also   _mbsnbset, memset, strcat, strcmp, strcpy, _strnset