man3/wmemset.3

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  16 .TH WMEMSET 3  2015-08-08 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
  17 .SH NAME
  18 wmemset \- fill an array of wide-characters with a constant wide character
  19 .SH SYNOPSIS
  20 .nf
  21 .B #include <wchar.h>
  22 .PP
  23 .BI "wchar_t *wmemset(wchar_t *" wcs ", wchar_t " wc ", size_t " n );
  24 .fi
  25 .SH DESCRIPTION
  26 The
  27 .BR wmemset ()
  28 function is the wide-character equivalent of the
  29 .BR memset (3)
  30 function.
  31 It fills the array of
  32 .I n
  33 wide-characters starting at
  34 .I wcs
  35 with
  36 .I n
  37 copies of the wide character
  38 .IR wc .
  39 .SH RETURN VALUE
  40 .BR wmemset ()
  41 returns
  42 .IR wcs .
  43 .SH ATTRIBUTES
  44 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
  45 .BR attributes (7).
  46 .TS
  47 allbox;
  48 lb lb lb
  49 l l l.
  50 Interface       Attribute       Value
  51 T{
  52 .BR wmemset ()
  53 T}      Thread safety   MT-Safe
  54 .TE
  55 .SH CONFORMING TO
  56 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
  57 .SH SEE ALSO
  58 .BR memset (3)