bstring(3) — sys5



BSTRING(3)      DOMAIN/IX Reference Manual (SYS5)      BSTRING(3)



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

USAGE
     bcopy(b1, b2, length)
     char *b1, *b2;
     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 b1 to the string b2.

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

     Bzero places length 0 bytes in the string b1.

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

NOTES
     The bcmp and bcopy routines take parameters backwards from
     strcmp and strcpy.















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