lsgetc (4) --- get character from linked string          03/23/80


            _C_a_l_l_i_n_g _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

                 character function lsgetc (ptr, c)
                 pointer ptr
                 character c

                 Library:  vlslb


            _F_u_n_c_t_i_o_n

                 The  first  character  in  the  string specified by 'ptr' is
                 extracted and returned in 'c' and  as  the  function  value.
                 'Ptr'  is  updated  to  point  to  the next character in the
                 string, but is never advanced beyond the EOS.


            _I_m_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n

                 Any pointers in the string are followed until a character is
                 found.  The character becomes the value of the function.  If
                 the character was not EOS, 'ptr'  is  incremented,  and  any
                 pointers in the string are followed until the next character
                 is found.


            _A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s _M_o_d_i_f_i_e_d

                 ptr, c


            _B_u_g_s

                 Locally supported.


            _S_e_e _A_l_s_o

                 lsputc (4)



















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