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/*
 *	SKPC.C - Emulate the VAX skpc instruction
 *
 * This function skips over any leading characters in a string
 * (described by the `string' and `length' parameters) that match
 * a given character (the `c' parameter).  It returns the number
 * of characters remaining in the string after the matching
 * characters that have been skipped.
 *
 */
#include "mdef.h"

int	skpc (char c, int length, char *string)
{
	while (length > 0)
	{
		if (c != *string)
			return length;
		--length;
		++string;
	}
	return 0;
}