memset

Sets buffers to a specified character.

void *memset( void *dest, int c, size_t count );

Routine Required Header Compatibility
memset <memory.h> or <string.h> ANSI, Win 95, Win NT

For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

Libraries

LIBC.LIB Single thread static library, retail version
LIBCMT.LIB Multithread static library, retail version
MSVCRT.LIB Import library for MSVCRT.DLL, retail version

Return Value

memset returns the value of dest.

Parameters

dest

Pointer to destination

c

Character to set

count

Number of characters

Remarks

The memset function sets the first count bytes of dest to the character c.

Example

/* MEMSET.C: This program uses memset to
 * set the first four bytes of buffer to "*".
 */

#include <memory.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main( void )
{
   char buffer[] = "This is a test of the memset function";

   printf( "Before: %s\n", buffer );
   memset( buffer, '*', 4 );
   printf( "After:  %s\n", buffer );
}

Output

Before: This is a test of the memset function
After:  **** is a test of the memset function

Buffer Manipulation Routines

See Also   _memccpy, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, _strnset