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MEMSET_PATTERN(3)        BSD Library Functions Manual        MEMSET_PATTERN(3)

NAME
     memset_pattern4, memset_pattern8, memset_pattern16 -- memset of a multi-byte pattern

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <string.h>

     void
     memset_pattern4(void *b, const void *pattern4, size_t len);

     void
     memset_pattern8(void *b, const void *pattern8, size_t len);

     void
     memset_pattern16(void *b, const void *pattern16, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION
     These are analogous to memset(), except that they fill memory with a replicated pattern either 4, 8, or
     16 bytes long.  b points to a buffer of size len bytes which is to be filled.  The second parameter
     points to the pattern.  If the buffer length is not an even multiple of the pattern length, the last
     instance of the pattern will be truncated.  Neither the buffer nor the pattern pointer need be aligned.

EXAMPLES
     The following example:

           char buf[10];

           memset_pattern4( buf, "1234", sizeof(buf) );

     will set the buffer to the value "1234123412".

SEE ALSO
     memset(3)

HISTORY
     These functions first appeared in Mac OS 10.5.

Darwin                         October 14, 2005                         Darwin