freebsd-src/contrib/texinfo/lib/substring.c
2000-01-17 10:39:58 +00:00

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/* substring.c -- extract substring.
$Id: substring.c,v 1.1 1999/02/17 22:30:10 karl Exp $
Copyright (C) 1999 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.,
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
#include "system.h"
char *
substring (start, end)
char *start;
char *end;
{
char *result = xmalloc (end - start + 1);
char *scan_result = result;
char *scan = start;
while (scan < end)
*scan_result++ = *scan++;
*scan_result = 0;
return result;
}