strnset() function in c language

• strnset( ) function sets portion of characters in a string to given character. Syntax for strnset( ) function is given below.

char *strnset(char *string, int c);

• strnset( ) function is non standard function which may not available in standard library in C.

Example program for strnset() function in C language:

• In this program, first 4 characters of the string “Test String” is set to “#” using strnset( ) function and output is displayed as “#### String”.

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#include<stdio.h> #include<string.h> int main() {     char str[20] = "Test String";     printf("Original string is : %s", str);     printf("Test string after string n set" \            " : %s", strnset(str,'#',4));     printf("After string n set : %s", str);     return 0; }

Output:

Original string is                 : Test String Test string after string set : #### String

Other String functions C Language:

• String.h header file supports all the string functions in C language. All the string functions are given below.

S.no	String functions	Description
1	strcat ( )	Concatenates str2 at the end of str1.
2	strncat ( )	appends a portion of string to another
3	strcpy ( )	Copies str2 into str1
4	strncpy ( )	copies given number of characters of one string to another
5	strlen ( )	gives the length of str1.
6	strcmp ( )	Returns 0 if str1 is same as str2. Returns <0 if strl < str2. Returns >0 if str1 > str2.
7	strcmpi ( )	Same as strcmp() function. But, this function negotiates case.  “A” and “a” are treated as same.
8	strchr ( )	Returns pointer to first occurrence of char in str1.
9	strrchr ( )	last occurrence of given character in a string is found
10	strstr ( )	Returns pointer to first occurrence of str2 in str1.
11	strrstr ( )	Returns pointer to last occurrence of str2 in str1.
12	strdup ( )	duplicates the string
13	strlwr ( )	converts string to lowercase
14	strupr ( )	converts string to uppercase
15	strrev ( )	reverses the given string
16	strset ( )	sets all character in a string to given character
17	strnset ( )	It sets the portion of characters in a string to given character
18	strtok ( )	tokenizing given string using delimiter

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