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NAME
strfry - randomize a string
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <string.h> char *strfry(char *string);
DESCRIPTION
The strfry() function randomizes the contents of string by randomly swapping characters in the string. The result is an anagram of string.
RETURN VALUE
The strfry() functions returns a pointer to the randomized string.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │strfry() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
The strfry() function is unique to the GNU C Library.
SEE ALSO
memfrob(3), string(3)