;
;TYPE
;$STRING80=STRING 80;
;$STRING0 = STRING 0;
;$STRING255 = STRING 255;
;BYTE = 0..255;
;VAR
;DATA:$STRING255;
;START,STOP:INTEGER;
;
;
;FUNCTION LENGTH(X:$STRING255):INTEGER;EXTERNAL;
	EXTD	L168,LENGTH  
;PROCEDURE SETLENGTH(VAR X:$STRING0;Y:INTEGER);EXTERNAL;
	EXTD	L169,SETLENGT
;
;{function to extract characters from within a string, starting at
;position "y" and ending at position "z"..
;corresponds to BASIC command  MID$(A$,X,Y) } 
;
;FUNCTION MID(X:$STRING255; Y,Z:BYTE):$STRING255; 
;
;{y = starting position and z = the ending position in string x}
;
;LABEL 1;
;VAR
;LEN,I:INTEGER;
;MIDDLE:$STRING255;
;
;BEGIN
L170
	NAME MID
	ENTRY MID
MID:
	ENTR	D,2,260
;SETLENGTH(MIDDLE,0);
	STMT	D,1
	PUSH	IX
	POP	H
	LXI	B,-4
	DADD	B
	PUSH	H
	MOV	H,A
	MOV	L,A
	PUSH	H
	CALL	L169
;LEN:=LENGTH(X);
	STMT	D,2
	PUSH	IX
	POP	H
	LXI	B,265
	DADD	B
	SPSH	S,255
	CALL	L168
	STMT	M,2
	MOV	-2(IX),D
	MOV	-3(IX),E
;
;IF (Y < 1) OR (Y > Z) OR ( Y > LEN) OR (LEN = 0) OR (Z > 255) THEN GOTO 1; 
	STMT	D,3
	MOV	H,A
	MOV	L,9(IX)
	MOV	A,L
	CMPI	D,1
	MOV	A,H
	JC	L198
	MOV	H,A
	MOV	L,9(IX)
	MOV	D,A
	MOV	E,8(IX)
	GRET	D,0
	JC	L198
	MOV	H,A
	MOV	L,9(IX)
	MOV	E,-3(IX)
	MOV	D,-2(IX)
	GRET	D,0
	JC	L198
	MOV	L,-3(IX)
	MOV	H,-2(IX)
	MOV	D,A
	MOV	E,A
	DSB1	D,0
	JZ	L198
	MOV	H,A
	MOV	L,8(IX)
	MVI	A,255
	CMP	L
	MOV	A,H
	JNC	L197
L196
L198	EQU	L196
	STMT	D,4
	CTRL	M,4
	JMP	L171
L197
;IF Z > LEN THEN Z:=LEN;
	STMT	D,5
	MOV	H,A
	MOV	L,8(IX)
	MOV	E,-3(IX)
	MOV	D,-2(IX)
	GRET	D,0
	JNC	L239
	STMT	D,6
	MOV	L,-3(IX)
	MOV	H,-2(IX)
	RCHK	H,0,255
	MOV	8(IX),L
L239
;
;FOR I:= Y TO Z DO APPEND(MIDDLE,X[I]);
	STMT	D,7
	MOV	H,A
	MOV	L,9(IX)
	MOV	0(IX),H
	MOV	-1(IX),L
	XCHG
	PUSH	IX
	MOV	H,A
	MOV	L,8(IX)
	XTHL
L260
	MOV	D,M
	DCX	H
	MOV	E,M
	XTHL
	PUSH	H
	GE	D,0
	JNC	L261
	STMT	D,8
	PUSH	IX
	POP	H
	LXI	B,-4
	DADD	B
	PUSH	H
	LXI	H,255
	PUSH	H
	MOV	L,-1(IX)
	MOV	H,0(IX)
	RCHK	H,1,255
	XCHG
	LXI	H,265
	ADDR	IX
	MOV	D,A
	MOV	E,M
	INR	D
	PUSH	D
	LXI	H,2
	PUSH	H
	CALL	L137
	CTRL	M,8
	POP	H
	XTHL
	INR	M
	INX	H
	JRNZ	L286
	INR	M
	JV	L287
L286
	JMP	L260
L261
	POP	D
L287
	POP	D
;
;1:
	STMT	D,9
L171
;MID:=MIDDLE;
	STMT	D,10
	PUSH	IX
	POP	H
	LXI	B,-4
	DADD	B
	RCHK	S,255
	XCHG
	PUSH	IX
	POP	H
	LXI	B,521
	DADD	B
	XCHG
	LXI	B,256
	LDDR
;END;
	STMT	D,11
	EXIT	D,258

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