1 /* substring.c -- extract substring. 2 $Id: substring.c,v 1.1.1.1 2000/02/09 01:24:23 espie Exp $ 3 4 Copyright (C) 1999 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 22 char * 23 substring (start, end) 24 char *start; 25 char *end; 26 { 27 char *result = xmalloc (end - start + 1); 28 char *scan_result = result; 29 char *scan = start; 30 31 while (scan < end) 32 *scan_result++ = *scan++; 33 34 *scan_result = 0; 35 return result; 36 } 37 38