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NAME

wmemchr(), wmemcmp(), wmemcpy(), wmemmove(), wmemset() — memory operations based on wide-character

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *wmemchr(const wchar_t *ws, wchar_t wc, size_t n);

int wmemcmp(const wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2, size_t n);

wchar_t *wmemcpy(wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2, size_t n);

wchar_t *wmemmove(wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2, size_t n);

wchar_t *wmemset(wchar_t *ws, wchar_t wc, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

These functions operate as efficiently as possible on memory areas (arrays of wide-characters bounded by a count, not terminated by a null wide-character). They do not check for the overflow of any receiving memory area.

These functions are not affected by locale and all wchar_t values are treated identically. The null wide-character and wchar_t values not corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially.

wmemchr()

The wmemchr() function locates the first occurrence of wc in the initial n wide-characters of the object pointed to by ws. The wmemchr() function returns a pointer to the located wide-character or a null pointer if the wide-character does not occur in the object.

wmemcmp()

The wmemcmp() function compares the first n wide-characters of the object pointed to by ws1 to the first n wide-characters of the object pointed to by ws2. The wmemcmp() function returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than zero, accordingly as the object pointed to by ws1 is greater than, equal to, or less than the object pointed to by ws2.

wmemcpy()

The wmemcpy() function copies n wide-characters from the object pointed to by ws2 to the object pointed to by ws1. The null wide-character and wchar_t values not corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially. The wmemcpy() function returns the value of ws1.

wmemmove()

The wmemmove() function copies n wide-characters from the object pointed to by ws2 to the object pointed to by ws1. Copying takes place as if the n wide-characters from the object pointed to by ws2 are first copied into a temporary array of n wide-characters that does not overlap the objects pointed to by ws1 or ws2, and then the n wide-characters from the temporary array are copied into the object pointed to by ws1. The wmemmove() function returns the value of ws1.

wmemset()

The wmemset() function copies the value of wc into each of the first n wide-characters of the object pointed to by ws. The wmemset() function returns the value of ws.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

AUTHOR

wmemchr(), wmemcmp(), wmemcpy(), wmemmove(), wmemset() were developed by HP and Mitsubishi Electric Corp.