text line string

/*  text_line_string()
 *  Generate and return a string, as above, with text centered.
 */
char* text_line_string(char *text, int length, char first, char second) {
  int text_length, text_print_length, pre_length;
  int i = 0, j = 0;
  static char buf[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; /* Note - static! */

  text_length = strlen(text);
  text_print_length = count_non_protocol_chars(text);

  pre_length = (length - (text_print_length))/2; /* (length - (text length + '[  ]'))/2 */
//  pre_length = (length - (text_length + 4))/2; /* (length - (text length + '[  ]'))/2 */
//  pre_length = 2;

  while (i < pre_length) {
    if((i % 2) == 0)
      buf[i] = first;
    else
      buf[i] = second;
    i++;
  }
//  buf[i++] = '[';
//  buf[i++] = ' ';

  while (j < text_length)
    buf[i++] = text[j++];

//  buf[i++] = ' ';
//  buf[i++] = ']';

  while (i < length + (text_length - text_print_length)) /* Have to include the non printables */
    if((i % 2) == 0)
      buf[i++] = first;
    else
      buf[i++] = second;
  buf[i++] = '\r';
  buf[i++] = '\n';
  buf[i]   = '\0';    /* Terminate the string. */

  return buf;
}