memset function

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  1. answerme

    answerme New Member

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    hye can anyone give me the example of memset function
     
  2. shabbir

    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    Code:
    TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];
    memset(szPath,'\0',MAX_PATH);
    It will have all the memory location of szPath filled with '\0'
     
  3. Salem

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    Please don't PM me for 1:1 support.
    > memset(szPath,'\0',MAX_PATH);
    And if TCHAR isn't a char, then you'll need one of
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    memset(szPath,'\0',MAX_PATH * sizeof TCHAR );
    memset(szPath,'\0',MAX_PATH * sizeof szPath[0] );
    memset(szPath,'\0',sizeof szPath );
    http://c-faq.com/malloc/calloc.html
    Focus on the bit about "all-bits-zero". In other words, don't rely on memset giving you valid floats or pointers, if you try the same approach on attempting to clear more complex data types.
     

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