function
<cwchar>

wmemset

wchar_t* wmemset (wchar_t* ptr, wchar_t wc, size_t num);
Fill array of wide characters
Sets the first num elements of the array of wide characters pointed by ptr to the value specified as wc.

This is the wide character equivalent of memset (<cstring>).

Parameters

ptr
Pointer to the array to fill.
wc
Value to be set.
num
Number of bytes to be set to the value.
size_t is an unsigned integral type.

Return Value

ptr is returned.

Example

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/* wmemset example */
#include <wchar.h>

int main ()
{
  wchar_t wcs[] = L"almost every programmer should know wmemset!";
  wmemset (wcs,L'-',6);
  wprintf (L"%ls\n",wcs);
  return 0;
}


Output:

------ every programmer should know wmemset!

See also