Gamma™ : Version 6.4
	Strings and Buffers

`shorten_buffer`

shorten_buffer — reduces the size of a buffer.

Syntax

shorten_buffer (buffer, n_elements)

Arguments

buffer: The buffer to shorten.
n_elements: The number of elements that the buffer is to be reduced to.

Returns

The shortened buffer.

Description

This function reduces the size of a buffer by cutting off any elements which extend beyond the given size. This function is analogous to the C function, realloc.

Example

Gamma> b = buffer(119,120,121,122);
#{wxyz}
Gamma> shorten_buffer(b,3);
#{wxy}
Gamma>

See Also

buffer, make_buffer


shell_match		strchr, strrchr

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