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.TH wmemset 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
wmemset \- fill an array of wide-characters with a constant wide character
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <wchar.h>
.P
.BI "wchar_t *wmemset(wchar_t " wcs [. n "], wchar_t " wc ", size_t " n );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR wmemset ()
function is the wide-character equivalent of the
.BR memset (3)
function.
It fills the array of
.I n
wide-characters starting at
.I wcs
with
.I n
copies of the wide character
.IR wc .
.SH RETURN VALUE
.BR wmemset ()
returns
.IR wcs .
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR wmemset ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.SH STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR memset (3)