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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface

Application Usage

       None.

Description

       The  functionality  described  on  this  reference  page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict
       between the requirements described  here  and  the  ISO C  standard  is  unintentional.  This  volume  of
       POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The  memset() function shall copy c (converted to an unsignedchar) into each of the first n bytes of the
       object pointed to by s.

Errors

       No errors are defined.

       Thefollowingsectionsareinformative.

Examples

       None.

Future Directions

       None.

Name

       memset — set bytes in memory

Prolog

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface
       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

Rationale

       None.

Return Value

       The memset() function shall return s; no return value is reserved to indicate an error.

See Also

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <string.h>

Synopsis

       #include <string.h>

       void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);

See Also