std::char_traits::assign

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static void assign( char_type& r, const char_type& a );
(until C++17)
static constexpr void assign( char_type& r, const char_type& a );
(since C++17)
static char_type* assign( char_type* p, std::size_t count, char_type a );
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Assigns a character.

1) Assigns character a to character r.
2) Assigns character a to each character in count characters in the character sequence pointed to by p.

Parameters

a - character value to assign
r - character to assign to
p - pointer to a character sequence to assign to
count - the length of the character sequence

Return value

1) (none)
2) p

Exceptions

1)
(none) (until C++11)
noexcept specification:  
noexcept
  
(since C++11)
2) (none)

Complexity

1) Constant.
2) Linear in count