diff -r 0f94d369bb02 -r 1bcaac272cdf ucx/string.c
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ucx/string.c	Fri Nov 30 21:18:13 2012 +0100
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+/*
+ * File:   sstring.c
+ * Author: olaf
+ *
+ * Created on 17. Juni 2010, 13:27
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "string.h"
+
+sstr_t sstr(char *s) {
+    sstr_t string;
+    string.ptr = s;
+    string.length = strlen(s);
+    return string;
+}
+
+sstr_t sstrn(char *s, size_t n) {
+    sstr_t string;
+    string.ptr = s;
+    string.length = n;
+    return string;
+}
+
+size_t sstrnlen(size_t n, sstr_t s, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    size_t size = s.length;
+    va_start(ap, s);
+
+    for (int i=0;i<n-1;i++) {
+        sstr_t str = va_arg(ap, sstr_t);
+        size += str.length;
+    }
+    va_end(ap);
+
+    return size;
+}
+
+sstr_t sstrcat(sstr_t s, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, s);
+    s.ptr[0] = 0;
+
+    sstr_t str = va_arg (ap, sstr_t);
+    while (str.ptr != NULL) {
+        s.ptr = strncat (s.ptr, str.ptr, s.length);
+        str = va_arg (ap, sstr_t);
+    }
+    va_end(ap);
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+sstr_t sstrncat(size_t n, sstr_t s, sstr_t c1, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, c1);
+    s.ptr[0] = 0;
+    
+    size_t len = s.length;
+    size_t cplen = c1.length > len ? len : c1.length;
+    char   *ptr = s.ptr;
+    
+    memcpy(ptr, c1.ptr, cplen);
+    len -= cplen;
+    ptr += cplen;
+    for (int i=0;i<n-1;i++) {
+        sstr_t str = va_arg (ap, sstr_t);
+        cplen = str.length > len ? len : str.length;
+        if(cplen <= 0) {
+            va_end(ap);
+            return s;
+        }
+        memcpy(ptr, str.ptr, cplen);
+        len -= cplen;
+        ptr += cplen;
+    }
+    va_end(ap);
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+sstr_t sstrsubs(sstr_t s, size_t start) {
+    return sstrsubsl (s, start, s.length-start);
+}
+
+sstr_t sstrsubsl(sstr_t s, size_t start, size_t length) {
+    sstr_t new_sstr;
+    if (start < 0 || start >= s.length || length < 0) {
+        return s;
+    }
+    if (length > s.length-start) {
+        length = s.length-start;
+    }
+    new_sstr.ptr = &s.ptr[start];
+    new_sstr.length = length;
+    return new_sstr;
+}
+
+sstr_t* sstrsplit(sstr_t s, sstr_t d, size_t *n) {
+    if (d.length == 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    sstr_t* result;
+    size_t nmax = *n;
+    *n = 1;
+
+    /* special case: exact match - no processing needed */
+    if (s.length == d.length && strncmp(s.ptr, d.ptr, s.length) == 0) {
+        *n = 0;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    sstr_t sv = sstrdup(s);
+
+    for (int i = 0 ; i < s.length ; i++) {
+        if (sv.ptr[i] == d.ptr[0]) {
+            _Bool match = 1;
+            for (int j = 1 ; j < d.length ; j++) {
+                if (j+i < s.length) {
+                    match &= (sv.ptr[i+j] == d.ptr[j]);
+                } else {
+                    match = 0;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (match) {
+                (*n)++;
+                for (int j = 0 ; j < d.length ; j++) {
+                    sv.ptr[i+j] = 0;
+                }
+                i += d.length;
+            }
+        }
+        if ((*n) == nmax) break;
+    }
+    result = (sstr_t*) malloc(sizeof(sstr_t) * (*n));
+
+    char *pptr = sv.ptr;
+    for (int i = 0 ; i < *n ; i++) {
+        size_t l = strlen(pptr);
+        char* ptr = (char*) malloc(l + 1);
+        memcpy(ptr, pptr, l);
+        ptr[l] = 0;
+
+        result[i] = sstrn(ptr, l);
+        pptr += l + d.length;
+    }
+
+    free(sv.ptr);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+int sstrcmp(sstr_t s1, sstr_t s2) {
+    return strncmp(s1.ptr, s2.ptr, s1.length>s2.length ? s2.length: s1.length);
+}
+
+sstr_t sstrdup(sstr_t s) {
+    sstr_t newstring;
+    newstring.ptr = (char*) malloc(s.length + 1);
+    if (newstring.ptr != NULL) {
+        newstring.length = s.length;
+        newstring.ptr[newstring.length] = 0;
+
+        memcpy(newstring.ptr, s.ptr, s.length);
+    }
+
+    return newstring;
+}