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+/*
+ * The authors of this software are Rob Pike and Ken Thompson.
+ *              Copyright (c) 2002 by Lucent Technologies.
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+ * purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire notice
+ * is included in all copies of any software which is or includes a copy
+ * or modification of this software and in all copies of the supporting
+ * documentation for such software.
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTY.  IN PARTICULAR, NEITHER THE AUTHORS NOR LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES MAKE
+ * ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE MERCHANTABILITY
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ */
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "plan9.h"
+#include "utf.h"
+
+
+/*
+ * Return pointer to first occurrence of s2 in s1,
+ * 0 if none
+ */
+char*
+utfutf(char *s1, char *s2)
+{
+	char *p;
+	long f, n1, n2;
+	Rune r;
+
+	n1 = chartorune(&r, s2);
+	f = r;
+	if(f <= Runesync)		/* represents self */
+		return strstr(s1, s2);
+
+	n2 = strlen(s2);
+	for(p=s1; p=utfrune(p, f); p+=n1)
+		if(strncmp(p, s2, n2) == 0)
+			return p;
+	return 0;
+}