Why is memset() incorrectly initializing int?

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memset sets each byte of the destination buffer to the specified value. On your system, an int is four bytes, each of which is 5 after the call to memset. Thus, grid[0] has the value 0x05050505 (hexadecimal), which is 84215045 in decimal.

Some platforms provide alternative APIs to memset that write wider patterns to the destination buffer; for example, on OS X or iOS, you could use:

int pattern = 5;
memset_pattern4(grid, &pattern, sizeof grid);

to get the behavior that you seem to expect. What platform are you targeting?

In C++, you should just use std::fill_n:

std::fill_n(grid, 100, 5);

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