BSTRING

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: November 18, 1987
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NAME

bcopy, bcmp, bzero, ffs - bit and byte string operations

SYNOPSIS

#include <bstring.h>

bcopy(src, dst, length)
char *src, *dst;
int length;

bcmp(b1, b2, length)
char *b1, *b2;
int length;

bzero(b, length)
char *b;
int length;

ffs(i)
int i;

DESCRIPTION

The functions bcopy, bcmp, and bzero operate on variable length strings of bytes. They do not check for null bytes as the routines in string(3) do.

Bcopy copies length bytes from string src to the string dst.

Bcmp compares byte string b1 against byte string b2, returning zero if they are identical, non-zero otherwise. Both strings are assumed to be length bytes long. Bcmp of length zero bytes always returns zero.

Bzero places length 0 bytes in the string b1.

Ffs finds the first bit set in the argument passed it and returns the index of that bit. Bits are numbered starting at 1, from the right. A return value of 0 indicates the value passed is zero.

BUGS

The bcopy routine take parameters backwards from strcpy.

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