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ass="n">end != '@') end++;
    
    // Allocate string
    length = end - prefix;
    nick = malloc(length+1);
    if (!nick) return NULL;
    
    // Copy to string
    memcpy(nick, prefix, length);
    nick[length] = '\0';
    return nick;
}


/**
 * Compares two nick names. Return 0 if equal. Otherwise the return value is
 * less than zero if a is less than b or greater than zero if a is greater
 * than b.
 */
int irc_nick_cmp(const char *a, const char *b) {
    char ac;
    char bc;
    char diff;
    for (;;) {
        ac = *(a++);
        bc = *(b++);
        
        // Change into IRC uppercase (see RFC 2812 section 2.2)
        if (ac >= 'a' && ac <= '~') ac &= ~0x20;
        if (bc >= 'a' && bc <= '~') bc &= ~0x20;
        
        diff = ac - bc;
        if (diff) return diff;
        if (!ac) return 0;
    }
}