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+/*
+ * libyahoo2: yahoo_util.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2004, Philip S Tellis <philip.tellis AT gmx.net>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#if STDC_HEADERS
+# include <string.h>
+#else
+# if !HAVE_STRCHR
+#  define strchr index
+#  define strrchr rindex
+# endif
+char *strchr(), *strrchr();
+# if !HAVE_MEMCPY
+#  define memcpy(d, s, n) bcopy ((s), (d), (n))
+#  define memmove(d, s, n) bcopy ((s), (d), (n))
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#include "yahoo_util.h"
+
+char *y_string_append(char *string, char *append)
+{
+	int size = strlen(string) + strlen(append) + 1;
+	char *new_string = y_renew(char, string, size);
+
+	if (new_string == NULL) {
+		new_string = y_new(char, size);
+		strcpy(new_string, string);
+		FREE(string);
+	}
+
+	strcat(new_string, append);
+
+	return new_string;
+}
+
+char *y_str_to_utf8(const char *in)
+{
+	unsigned int n, i = 0;
+	char *result = NULL;
+
+	if (in == NULL || *in == '\0')
+		return strdup("");
+
+	result = y_new(char, strlen(in) * 2 + 1);
+
+	/* convert a string to UTF-8 Format */
+	for (n = 0; n < strlen(in); n++) {
+		unsigned char c = (unsigned char)in[n];
+
+		if (c < 128) {
+			result[i++] = (char)c;
+		} else {
+			result[i++] = (char)((c >> 6) | 192);
+			result[i++] = (char)((c & 63) | 128);
+		}
+	}
+	result[i] = '\0';
+	return result;
+}
+
+char *y_utf8_to_str(const char *in)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	unsigned int n;
+	char *result = NULL;
+
+	if (in == NULL || *in == '\0')
+		return strdup("");
+
+	result = y_new(char, strlen(in) + 1);
+
+	/* convert a string from UTF-8 Format */
+	for (n = 0; n < strlen(in); n++) {
+		unsigned char c = in[n];
+
+		if (c < 128) {
+			result[i++] = (char)c;
+		} else {
+			result[i++] = (c << 6) | (in[++n] & 63);
+		}
+	}
+	result[i] = '\0';
+	return result;
+}
+
+#if !HAVE_GLIB
+
+void y_strfreev(char **vector)
+{
+	char **v;
+	for (v = vector; *v; v++) {
+		FREE(*v);
+	}
+	FREE(vector);
+}
+
+char **y_strsplit(char *str, char *sep, int nelem)
+{
+	char **vector;
+	char *s, *p;
+	int i = 0;
+	int l = strlen(sep);
+	if (nelem <= 0) {
+		char *s;
+		nelem = 0;
+		if (*str) {
+			for (s = strstr(str, sep); s;
+				s = strstr(s + l, sep), nelem++) ;
+			if (strcmp(str + strlen(str) - l, sep))
+				nelem++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	vector = y_new(char *, nelem + 1);
+
+	for (p = str, s = strstr(p, sep); i < nelem && s;
+		p = s + l, s = strstr(p, sep), i++) {
+		int len = s - p;
+		vector[i] = y_new(char, len + 1);
+		strncpy(vector[i], p, len);
+		vector[i][len] = '\0';
+	}
+
+	if (i < nelem && *str)	/* str didn't end with sep, and str isn't empty */
+		vector[i++] = strdup(p);
+
+	vector[i] = NULL;
+
+	return vector;
+}
+
+void *y_memdup(const void *addr, int n)
+{
+	void *new_chunk = malloc(n);
+	if (new_chunk)
+		memcpy(new_chunk, addr, n);
+	return new_chunk;
+}
+
+#endif