padterm.c

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/**

   \file       padterm.c
   
   \version    V1.22
   \date       07.07.14
   \brief      
   
   \copyright  (c) UCL / Dr. Andrew C. R. Martin 1991-2014
   \author     Dr. Andrew C. R. Martin
   \par
               Institute of Structural & Molecular Biology,
               University College London,
               Gower Street,
               London.
               WC1E 6BT.
   \par
               andrew@bioinf.org.uk
               andrew.martin@ucl.ac.uk
               
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   This code is NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, but it may be copied
   according to the conditions laid out in the accompanying file
   COPYING.DOC.

   The code may be modified as required, but any modifications must be
   documented so that the person responsible can be identified.

   The code may not be sold commercially or included as part of a 
   commercial product except as described in the file COPYING.DOC.

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   Description:
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   Revision History:
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-  V1.0  06.09.91 Original
-  V1.1  08.02.91 Added KillLine()
-  V1.2  10.02.91 Added setextn() and index()
-  V1.3  20.03.91 Added Word()
-  V1.4  28.05.92 ANSIed
-  V1.5  22.06.92 Added tab check to Word(). Improved setextn().
                  Added WordN(). Documented other routines.
-  V1.6  27.07.93 Corrected fsscanf() for double precision
-  V1.7  07.10.93 Checks made on case before toupper()/tolower()
                  for SysV compatibility. Also index() becomes
                  chindex()
-  V1.8  18.03.94 getc() -> fgetc()
-  V1.9  11.05.94 Added GetFilestem(), upstrcmp(), upstrncmp() &
                  GetWord()
-  V1.10 24.08.94 Added OpenStdFiles()
-  V1.11 08.03.95 Corrected OpenFile() for non-UNIX
-  V1.12 09.03.95 Added check on non-NULL filename in OpenFile()
-  V1.13 17.07.95 Added countchar()
-  V1.14 18.10.95 Moved YorN() to WindIO.c
-  V1.15 06.11.95 Added StoreString(), InStringList() and FreeStringList()
-  V1.16 22.11.95 Moved ftostr() to generam.c
-  V1.17 15.12.95 Added QueryStrStr()
-  V1.18 18.12.95 OpenStdFiles() treats filename of - as stdin/stdout
-  V1.19 05.02.96 OpenStdFiles() allows NULL pointers instead if filenames
-  V1.20 18.09.96 Added padchar()
-  V1.21 18.06.02 Added string.h
-  V1.22 07.07.14 Use bl prefix for functions By: CTP

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/* Doxygen
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   #GROUP    General Programming
   #SUBGROUP String handling
   #FUNCTION  blPadterm()
   Pads a string with spaces to length characters, then terminates it.
   Note that the PADMINTERM() macro in macros.h is a replacement for this
*/
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/* Includes
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#include <string.h>

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/* Defines and macros
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/* Globals
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/* Prototypes
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/*>void blPadterm(char *string, int  length)
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*//**

   \param[in,out] *string   String to be padded with spaces
   \param[in]     length    Required size for string

   Pads a string with spaces to length characters, then terminates it.

-  06.09.91 Original    By: ACRM   
-  07.07.14 Use bl prefix for functions By: CTP
*/
void blPadterm(char *string,
               int  length)
{
   int i;
   
   for(i=strlen(string); i<length; i++)
      string[i] = ' ';
   string[length] = '\0';
}