Sets all characters in a string to a specified character, up to but not including the null-terminator.

#include <string.h>

char *strset (char *string, int c);
char *_strset (char *string, int c);
wchar_t *_wcsset(wchar_t *string, wchar_t c);

errno_t _strset_s(char *string, size_t strsize, int c);
errno_t _wcsset_s(wchar_t *string, rsize_t strsize, wchar_t c);

Parameters

string

String to be set.

strsize

Size of buffer pointed to by string in characters.

c

Character to set the string to.

Remarks

The function strset does not set the terminating null character \0 to c. _strset is an alternate name for strset.

The _strset_s function sets .

Return Values

strset, _strset, _wcsset

Returns a pointer to the altered string.

_strset_s, _wcsset_s

Returns 0 if successful.
If string is a null pointer, or strsize is less than or equal to zero, or the block indicated by the string and strsize parameters is not null-terminated, then these functions return E_INVAL.

Generic Text Routines

Requirements