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BN_zero(3)                   OpenSSL                   BN_zero(3)

NAME

     BN_zero, BN_one, BN_value_one, BN_set_word, BN_get_word -
     BIGNUM assignment operations

SYNOPSIS

      #include <openssl/bn.h>

      int BN_zero(BIGNUM *a);
      int BN_one(BIGNUM *a);

      const BIGNUM *BN_value_one(void);

      int BN_set_word(BIGNUM *a, BN_ULONG w);
      BN_ULONG BN_get_word(BIGNUM *a);

DESCRIPTION

     BN_ULONG is a macro that will be an unsigned integral type
     optimied for the most efficient implementation on the local
     platform.

     BN_zero(), BN_one() and BN_set_word() set a to the values 0,
     1 and w respectively.  BN_zero() and BN_one() are macros.

     BN_value_one() returns a BIGNUM constant of value 1. This
     constant is useful for use in comparisons and assignment.

     BN_get_word() returns a, if it can be represented as a
     BN_ULONG.

RETURN VALUES

     BN_get_word() returns the value a, or all-bits-set if a
     cannot be represented as a BN_ULONG.

     BN_zero(), BN_one() and BN_set_word() return 1 on success, 0
     otherwise.  BN_value_one() returns the constant.

BUGS

     If a BIGNUM is equal to the value of all-bits-set, it will
     collide with the error condition returned by BN_get_word()
     which uses that as an error value.

     BN_ULONG should probably be a typedef.

SEE ALSO

     bn(3), BN_bn2bin(3)

HISTORY

     BN_zero(), BN_one() and BN_set_word() are available in all
     versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. BN_value_one() and
     BN_get_word() were added in SSLeay 0.8.

1.0.2t               Last change: 2019-09-10                    1

BN_zero(3)                   OpenSSL                   BN_zero(3)

     BN_value_one() was changed to return a true const BIGNUM *
     in OpenSSL 0.9.7.

1.0.2t               Last change: 2019-09-10                    2

See also BN_get_word(3)
See also BN_one(3)
See also BN_value_one(3)
See also BN_zero(3)