debian man page for strinit

STRINIT(3pub)						       C Programmer's Manual						     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 '' is not included in
       the length, i.e., the string will use 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 '' */
	    strinit(string, '_', 20);

SEE ALSO
       publib(3)

AUTHOR
       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)

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