strfry(3)

strfry3

String fry (obfuscate)

Usage

#define _GNU_SOURCE         /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <string.h>

char *strfry(char *string);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

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).

InterfaceAttributeValue
strfry()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Releases

19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 13 times.

  1. 1.1–2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0
  5. 5.0
  6. 6.0
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. Arch

Standards

GNU.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.