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author David Demelier <markand@malikania.fr>
date Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:24:30 +0100
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.\" buf_erase.3 -- simple string buffer for C
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.Dd October 29, 2019-2020
.Dt BUF_ERASE 3
.Os
.\" NAME
.Sh NAME
.Nm buf_erase
.Nd erase a portion of the string
.\" SYNOPSIS
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In buf.h
.Ft void
.Fn buf_erase "struct buf *b" "size_t pos" "size_t count"
.\" DESCRIPTION
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Remove
.Fa count
number of character in the buffer specified by
.Fa b
starting at
.Fa pos .
.Pp
It is possible to pass -1 as
.Fa count
parameter to remove the remaining text until the end of the string.
.Pp
Undefined behavior may occur if the
.Fa pos
argument is outside of the buffer bounds.
.\" SEE ALSO
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr libbuf 3
.\" AUTHORS
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm libbuf
library was written by
.An David Demelier <markand@malikania.fr>