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<H2><A NAME="SLmake_nstring"></A> <A NAME="s88">88. <B>SLmake_nstring</B></A></H2>

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<DT><B> Synopsis </B><DD><P>Duplicate a substring
<DT><B> Usage </B><DD><P><CODE>char *SLmake_nstring (char *s, unsigned int n)</CODE>
<DT><B> Description </B><DD><P>This function is like <CODE>SLmake_nstring</CODE> except that it creates a
null terminated string formed from the first <CODE>n</CODE> characters of
<CODE>s</CODE>.  Upon failure, it returns <CODE>NULL</CODE>, otherwise it returns
the new string.  When nolonger needed, the returned string should be
freed with either <CODE>free</CODE> or <CODE>SLfree</CODE>.
<DT><B> See Also </B><DD><P><CODE>SLmake_nstring, SLfree, SLang_create_nslstring</CODE>
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