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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3,
.\" on Information Processing Systems.
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.\"     @(#)memset.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93
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.Dd 
.Dt MEMSET 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm memset
.Nd write a byte to byte string
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <string.h>
.Ft void *
.Fn memset "void *b" "int c" "size_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn memset
function
writes
.Fa len
bytes of value
.Fa c
(converted to an unsigned char) to the string
.Fa b .
.Sh RETURNS
The
.Fn memset
function returns its first argument.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bzero 3 ,
.Xr swab 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn memset
function
conforms to
.St -ansiC .