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% %% Version control history
% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% %% $Id$
% %% $Log$
% %% Revision 1.2  1996/08/30 09:58:55  peter
% %% Uses str2ch to exteact a char from a string.
% %%
% %% Revision 1.1  1996/08/27  12:50:43  peterg
% %% Initial revision
% %%
% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% Field separator
if nargin<3
  FS = ';';
end;

arg = '';
if strcmp(args, '')==0
L = length(args);
args_count = 0;
for i=1:n
  arg_count = 0;
  arg = '';
  if args_count == L
    break;
  end;  
  while args_count < L
    args_count = args_count+1;
    arg_count = arg_count+1;
    ch = str2ch(args,args_count);
    if ch==FS
      break;
    end;
    arg = [arg ch];
  end;
end;
  L = length(args);
  args_count = 0;
  for i=1:n
    arg_count = 0;
    arg = '';
    if args_count == L
      break;
    end;  
    while args_count < L
      args_count = args_count+1;
      arg_count = arg_count+1;
      ch = str2ch(args,args_count);
      if ch==FS
	break;
      end;
      arg = [arg ch];
    end;
  end;
end;