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.TH LIBSIMPLE_MEMPSETELEM 3 libsimple
.SH NAME
libsimple_mempsetelem \- fill an array with a value

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libsimple.h>

void *libsimple_mempsetelem(void *\fIbuf\fP, const void *\fIitem\fP, size_t \fIwidth\fP, size_t \fIn\fP);

#ifndef mempsetelem
# define mempsetelem libsimple_mempsetelem
#endif
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR \-lsimple .

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libsimple_mempsetelem ()
function fills the beginning of
.I buf
with
.I n
copies of the element
.I item
with the size
.IR width .

.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR libsimple_mempsetelem ()
function returns the pointer
.I buf
with the offset
.I n*width
(the byte where the copy stopped).

.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libsimple_mempsetelem ()
function cannot fail.

.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR libsimple_mempsetelem ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_mempsetelem ()
T}	Async-signal safety	AS-Safe
T{
.BR libsimple_mempsetelem ()
T}	Async-cancel safety	AC-Safe
.TE

.SH EXAMPLES
None.

.SH APPLICATION USAGE
None.

.SH RATIONALE
None.

.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

.SH NOTES
None.

.SH HISTORY
libsimple 1.1

.SH BUGS
None.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libsimple_memsetelem (3),
.BR libsimple_mempset (3)