- /* Copy the first word into a nil-terminated buffer. */
-
- for (j = 0; j < 4; j++, i++)
- if ('\0' == (mac[j] = buf[i]))
- break;
- else if (' ' == buf[i])
- break;
+ /*
+ * Copy the first word into a nil-terminated buffer.
+ * Stop copying when a tab, space, or eoln is encountered.
+ */