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harbour-core/harbour/source/rtl/left.c

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/*
* $Id$
*/
/*
* Harbour Project source code:
* LEFT() function
*
* Copyright 1999 Antonio Linares <alinares@fivetech.com>
* www - http://www.harbour-project.org
*
* 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 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version, with one exception:
*
* The exception is that if you link the Harbour Runtime Library (HRL)
* and/or the Harbour Virtual Machine (HVM) with other files to produce
* an executable, this does not by itself cause the resulting executable
* to be covered by the GNU General Public License. Your use of that
* executable is in no way restricted on account of linking the HRL
* and/or HVM code into it.
*
* 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA (or visit
* their web site at http://www.gnu.org/).
*
*/
#include "hbapi.h"
#include "hbapiitm.h"
#include "hbapierr.h"
/* returns the left-most n characters in string */
HB_FUNC( LEFT )
{
PHB_ITEM pText = hb_param( 1, HB_IT_STRING );
if( pText && ISNUM( 2 ) )
{
long lLen = hb_parnl( 2 );
if( lLen > ( long ) hb_itemGetCLen( pText ) )
lLen = ( long ) hb_itemGetCLen( pText );
else if( lLen < 0 )
lLen = 0;
hb_retclen( hb_itemGetCPtr( pText ), lLen );
}
else
{
PHB_ITEM pResult = hb_errRT_BASE_Subst( EG_ARG, 1124, NULL, "LEFT" );
if( pResult )
{
hb_itemReturn( pResult );
hb_itemRelease( pResult );
}
}
}