extern long howmany;
extern char *patterns[];
extern void *AllocMem();
void  split_string(string)
char *string;

{
long i=0, wc=0;
char substr[20];
substr[0]=0;

while(*string==' ' || *string == '\t')	/* skip leading blanks */
	string++;

while(*string && wc<50)
	{
	while(*string != ' ' && *string != '\t' && *string != 0)
		{
		substr[i]=*string;
      string++;
      i++;
		}
   substr[i] = 0;
	if(patterns[wc])
		FreeMem(patterns[wc], strlen(patterns[wc]) + 1L);

	patterns[wc]=AllocMem(strlen(substr)+1L, MEMF_CLEAR);

	if(!patterns[wc])
		quit("Could not allocate memory for patterns!\n");
   else
		strcpy(patterns[wc], substr);
	wc++;
	i=substr[0]=0;

	while(*string == ' ' || *string == '\t')
		string++;
	}
#ifdef DEBUG
Printf("I found %ld words in this line.\n", wc);
#endif
howmany=wc;	/* set extern wordcount variable */
#ifdef DEBUG
for(i=0; i<howmany; i++)
   Printf("Word %ld: %s\n", i, patterns[i]);
#endif
return;
}