C Programming/string.h/memset

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The C language function included in C standard library (stdlib), which sets given bytes in memory.

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

#include <string.h>
void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);

The memset() copies c into each of the n first bytes of the object pointed to by s.

Return value[edit | edit source]

The function returns the pointer s. There is no defined value to return when an error occurs.

Source[edit | edit source]