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- /* substring.c: copy a chunk from a string.
-
- Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-
- #include "config.h"
-
-
- /* Return a fresh copy of SOURCE[START..LIMIT], or NULL if LIMIT<START.
- If LIMIT>strlen(START), it is reassigned. */
-
- string
- substring (string source, const unsigned start, const unsigned limit)
- {
- string result;
- unsigned this_char;
- unsigned length = strlen (source);
- unsigned lim = limit;
-
- /* Upper bound out of range? */
- if (lim >= length)
- lim = length - 1;
-
- /* Null substring? */
- if (start > limit)
- return "";
-
- /* The `2' here is one for the null and one for limit - start inclusive. */
- result = xmalloc (limit - start + 2);
-
- for (this_char = start; this_char <= limit; this_char++)
- result[this_char - start] = source[this_char];
-
- result[this_char - start] = 0;
-
- return result;
- }
-