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21*0Sstevel@tonic-gate  */
22*0Sstevel@tonic-gate /*	Copyright (c) 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 AT&T	*/
23*0Sstevel@tonic-gate /*	  All Rights Reserved  	*/
24*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 
25*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 
26*0Sstevel@tonic-gate #ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"	/* SVr4.0 1.5	*/
27*0Sstevel@tonic-gate /*
28*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	Place the `len' length substring of `as' starting at `as[origin]'
29*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	in `aresult'.
30*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	Return `aresult'.
31*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 
32*0Sstevel@tonic-gate   Note: The copying of as to aresult stops if either the
33*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	specified number (len) characters have been copied,
34*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	or if the end of as is found.
35*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	A negative len generally guarantees that everything gets copied.
36*0Sstevel@tonic-gate */
37*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 
substr(as,aresult,origin,len)38*0Sstevel@tonic-gate char *substr(as, aresult, origin, len)
39*0Sstevel@tonic-gate char *as, *aresult;
40*0Sstevel@tonic-gate int origin;
41*0Sstevel@tonic-gate register unsigned len;
42*0Sstevel@tonic-gate {
43*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	register char *s, *result;
44*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 
45*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	s = as + origin;
46*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	result = aresult;
47*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	++len;
48*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	while (--len && (*result++ = *s++)) ;
49*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	if (len == 0)
50*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 		*result = 0;
51*0Sstevel@tonic-gate 	return(aresult);
52*0Sstevel@tonic-gate }
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