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      1 /*	$NetBSD: substring.c,v 1.1.1.1 2016/01/14 00:11:29 christos Exp $	*/
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      3 /* substring.c -- extract substring.
      4    Id: substring.c,v 1.2 2004/04/11 17:56:46 karl Exp
      5 
      6    Copyright (C) 1999, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      7 
      8    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
      9    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
     10    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
     11    any later version.
     12 
     13    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     14    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     15    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     16    GNU General Public License for more details.
     17 
     18    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
     19    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
     20    59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
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     22 #include "system.h"
     23 
     24 char *
     25 substring (const char *start, const char *end)
     26 {
     27   char *result = xmalloc (end - start + 1);
     28   char *scan_result = result;
     29   const char *scan = start;
     30 
     31   while (scan < end)
     32     *scan_result++ = *scan++;
     33 
     34   *scan_result = 0;
     35   return result;
     36 }
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