fis-gtm/sr_port/skpc.c

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/****************************************************************
* *
* Copyright 2001 Sanchez Computer Associates, Inc. *
* *
* This source code contains the intellectual property *
* of its copyright holder(s), and is made available *
* under a license. If you do not know the terms of *
* the license, please stop and do not read further. *
* *
****************************************************************/
/*
* 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;
}