Question

How to set the first N characters of a string to '*' in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main() {
    char string[32] = "c c++ java python";
    int n = 5;

    memset(string, '*', n * sizeof(string[0])); 
  
    printf("%s\n", string);
  
    return 0;
}



/*
run:

***** java python

*/

 

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