ft_bzero.c

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/*   ft_bzero.c                                         :+:      :+:    :+:   */
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/*   By: luiroel <luiroel@student.42.fr>            +#+  +:+       +#+        */
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/*   Created: 2020/02/03 04:29:50 by luiroel           #+#    #+#             */
/*   Updated: 2020/02/26 21:17:43 by luiroel          ###   ########.fr       */
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/*
** We can't work with void *s directly
** so first we need to create our intermidiary
** and then work with that. You'll also notice
** we're using a counter of type size_t, meaning
** our size in bytes. If the fed in size is 0
** we do nothing, otherwise while our counter
** is less than the size, we keep writing nulls
** until we've zeroed out the entire *s indirectly
*/

#include "libft.h"

void		ft_bzero(void *s, size_t n)
{
	char	*str;
	size_t	i;

	i = 0;
	str = s;
	if (n == 0)
	{
		return ;
	}
	else
	{
		while (i < n)
		{
			str[i] = '\0';
			i++;
		}
	}
}