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strfry(3)                Library Functions Manual               strfry(3)

NAME         top

       strfry - randomize a string

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #define _GNU_SOURCE         /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
       #include <string.h>

       char *strfry(char *string);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The strfry() function randomizes the contents of string by
       randomly swapping characters in the string.  The result is an
       anagram of string.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The strfry() functions returns a pointer to the randomized string.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                            │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ strfry()                             │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS         top

       GNU.

SEE ALSO         top

       memfrob(3), string(3)

COLOPHON         top

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