/*      $NetBSD: substring.c,v 1.1.1.1 2016/01/14 00:11:29 christos Exp $       */

/* substring.c -- extract substring.
  Id: substring.c,v 1.2 2004/04/11 17:56:46 karl Exp

  Copyright (C) 1999, 2004 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 (const char *start, const char *end)
{
 char *result = xmalloc (end - start + 1);
 char *scan_result = result;
 const char *scan = start;

 while (scan < end)
   *scan_result++ = *scan++;

 *scan_result = 0;
 return result;
}