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This is an example of documentation generated by ZigDoc, an alternative to Zig's built-in Auto Doc feature. See also examples in other modes/formats. The project being documented here (as the example) is the Zig standard library. Public Function

splatByte

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Public Function

std.Io.Writer.splatByte

pub fn splatByte(w: *Writer, byte: u8, n: usize) Error!usize

Writes the same byte many times, allowing short writes.

Does maximum of one underlying VTable.drain.

Params

w: *Writer
byte: u8
n: usize

Errors

WriteFailed: See the Writer implementation for detailed diagnostics.

File

Io/Writer.zig:915

pub fn splatByte(w: *Writer, byte: u8, n: usize) Error!usize {
    if (w.end + n <= w.buffer.len) {
        @branchHint(.likely);
        @memset(w.buffer[w.end..][0..n], byte);
        w.end += n;
        return n;
    }
    return writeSplat(w, &.{&.{byte}}, n);
}