memset

[shamim]

I know that memset can be used to assign values to a character array in the following way:

char str[100];
memset(str,'*',10);

now can i use memset to assign values to other data types such as double. If so how can I achieve this.

[Grow]

double d;
int i;

memset(&d,0,sizeof(double));
memset(&i,0,sizeof(int));

[junjieliang]

You can do the same with arrays:

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double d[100];
int a[100];

memset(d, 0, sizeof(d));
memset(a, 0, sizeof(a));

However, do take note that since int and double are not 1 byte, you cannot do things like memset(a, 1, sizeof(a)) and expect a[0..99] to be 1.

[ChristopherH]

The C++ STL function "fill(iterator, iterator, value)" may be useful if you need to perform more complicated initializations.

[cpp]
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

double a[100];
vector<string> b;

void foo() {
fill(a, a+100, 3.1415);
fill(b.begin(), b.end(), "hello");
}
[/cpp]

I have not benchmarked memset vs. fill on UVA, but I think memset is faster for zeroing things.

[ec3_limz]

However, do take note that since int and double are not 1 byte, you cannot do things like memset(a, 1, sizeof(a)) and expect a[0..99] to be 1.

You can use memset to set an array all to 0 or -1. I do not know of any other values that will work, unless you memset a char array of course.