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strfry

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-08
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strfry - randomize a string

Standard C library (libc,~-lc)

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

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

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

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
strfry()	Thread safety	M-Safe

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