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1.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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27.\" Modified Sun Jul 25 10:39:43 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
50831f9b 28.TH STRFRY 3 2010-09-20 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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29.SH NAME
30strfry \- randomize a string
31.SH SYNOPSIS
32.nf
b80f966b 33.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
d49daffc 34.br
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35.B #include <string.h>
36.sp
37.BI "char *strfry(char *" string );
38.fi
39.SH DESCRIPTION
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40The
41.BR strfry ()
42function randomizes the contents of \fIstring\fP by
43using
44.BR rand (3)
45to randomly swap characters in the string.
c13182ef 46The result is an anagram of \fIstring\fP.
47297adb 47.SH RETURN VALUE
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48The
49.BR strfry ()
50functions returns a pointer to the randomized
fea681da 51string.
47297adb 52.SH CONFORMING TO
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53The
54.BR strfry ()
55function is unique to the
fea681da 56GNU C Library.
47297adb 57.SH SEE ALSO
0a90178c 58.BR memfrob (3),
0a4f8b7b 59.BR string (3)