STRINIT(3pub)
NAME
strinit - initialize a string with a given character to a given length
SYNOPSIS
#include <publib.h> char *strinit(char *s, int c, size_t len) {
DESCRIPTION
strinit initializes the string pointed to by s to be of length len, all characters being c, where the terminating len+1 characters.
RETURN VALUE
strinit will return s.
EXAMPLE
- To initialize a string to consist of twenty underscores, one would do
the following.
- #include <publib.h>
- char string[21]; /* note 21 to make room for '\0' */
strinit(string, '_', 20);
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
- Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)