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- CSTRINGS.LBR VERSION 1.0
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-
- /*
- * char *
- * left (dest, str, n)
- * char *dest, *str;
- * int n;
- *
- * This function returns a pointer to a string (dest) containing
- * the leftmost n characters from str. Note that dest is assumed
- * to be large enough to hold the entire resulting string.
- * Note that the external declaration is necessary for some compilers
- * (including Lattice C large model) that have different sizes for
- * int's and char *'s.
- */
-
- char *left (dest, str, n)
- register char *dest, *str;
- register int n;
- {
- extern char *strncpy ();
-
- /* Copy the characters into the
- new string, and return the pointer
- to the result */
- return (strncpy (dest, str, n));
-
- } /* left */