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"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu> wrote in message
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<snip>

> there is nothing wrong with
>
> strncpy(new_string, string + start_offset, end_offset - start_offset)

Don't forget to include the null char at the end because strncpy won't
always do that for you.

new_string[end_offset] = '\0';


>
> HTH.
>
> Sinan.
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> A. Sinan Unur
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