# std::wmemset

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Defined in header `<cwchar>` |  |
wchar_t* wmemset( wchar_t* dest, wchar_t ch, std::size_t count ); |  |

Copies the wide character `ch` into each of the first `count` wide characters of the wide character array pointed to by `dest`.

If overflow occurs, the behavior is undefined.

If `count` is zero, the function does nothing.

### Parameters

dest | - | pointer to the wide character array to fill
ch | - | fill wide character
count | - | number of wide characters to fill

### Return value

Returns a copy of `dest`

### Notes

This function is not locale-sensitive and pays no attention to the values of the wchar_t objects it writes: nulls as well as invalid wide characters are written too.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <cwchar>
    #include <clocale>
    #include <locale>

    int main()
    {
        wchar_t ar[4] = {L'1', L'2', L'3', L'4'};
        std::wmemset(ar, L'\U0001f34c', 2); // replaces [12] with the 🍌 bananas
        std::wmemset(ar+2, L'蕉', 2); // replaces [34] with the 蕉 bananas

        std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8");
        std::wcout.imbue(std::locale("en_US.utf8"));
        std::wcout << std::wstring(ar, 4) << '\n';
    }

Possible output:

    🍌🍌蕉蕉

### See also

memset | fills a buffer with a character (function)
wmemcpy | copies a certain amount of wide characters between two non-overlapping arrays (function)
fill_n | copy-assigns the given value to N elements in a range (function template)
C documentation for wmemset

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