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diff --git a/src/string.cpp b/src/string.cpp
index 6f9e4e2f0..90005071d 100644
--- a/src/string.cpp
+++ b/src/string.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,21 @@ char *strecpy(char *dst, const char *src, const char *last)
}
/**
+ * Create a duplicate of the given string.
+ * @param s The string to duplicate.
+ * @param last The last character that is safe to duplicate. If NULL, the whole string is duplicated.
+ * @note The maximum length of the resulting string might therefore be last - s + 1.
+ * @return The duplicate of the string.
+ */
+char *stredup(const char *s, const char *last)
+{
+ size_t len = last == NULL ? strlen(s) : ttd_strnlen(s, last - s + 1);
+ char *tmp = CallocT<char>(len + 1);
+ memcpy(tmp, s, len);
+ return tmp;
+}
+
+/**
* Format, "printf", into a newly allocated string.
* @param str The formatting string.
* @return The formatted string. You must free this!