1/* substring.c -- extract substring.
2   $Id: substring.c,v 1.2 2004/04/11 17:56:46 karl Exp $
3
4   Copyright (C) 1999, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9   any later version.
10
11   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
14   GNU General Public License for more details.
15
16   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
17   with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
18   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
19
20#include "system.h"
21
22char *
23substring (const char *start, const char *end)
24{
25  char *result = xmalloc (end - start + 1);
26  char *scan_result = result;
27  const char *scan = start;
28
29  while (scan < end)
30    *scan_result++ = *scan++;
31
32  *scan_result = 0;
33  return result;
34}
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