man3/strfry.3

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  28 .TH STRFRY 3  1993-04-12 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
  29 .SH NAME
  30 strfry \- randomize a string
  31 .SH SYNOPSIS
  32 .nf
  33 .B #define _GNU_SOURCE
  34 .br
  35 .B #include <string.h>
  36 .sp
  37 .BI "char *strfry(char *" string );
  38 .fi
  39 .SH DESCRIPTION
  40 The \fBstrfry\fP() function randomizes the contents of \fIstring\fP by
  41 using \fBrand\fP(3) to randomly swap characters in the string.  The
  42 result is an anagram of \fIstring\fP.
  43 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
  44 The \fBstrfry\fP() functions returns a pointer to the randomized
  45 string.
  46 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
  47 The \fBstrfry\fP() function is unique to the
  48 GNU C Library.
  49 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  50 .BR memfrob (3)