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+module clp_interface_utils
+implicit none
+
+    interface
+    
+        function c_string_length(cstr) bind(c, name="strlen")
+        use iso_c_binding
+        implicit none        
+            type(c_ptr), value::cstr
+            integer(kind=c_size_t)::c_string_length
+        end function c_string_length
+        
+        function c_allocate(b) bind(c, name="malloc")
+        use iso_c_binding
+        implicit none
+            integer(kind=c_size_t), value::b
+            type(c_ptr)::c_allocate
+        end function c_allocate
+
+        subroutine c_free(p) bind(c, name="free")
+        use iso_c_binding, only: c_ptr
+        implicit none
+            type(c_ptr), value::p
+        end subroutine c_free
+
+    end interface
+
+contains
+
+    subroutine populate_fortran_string(cstr, fstr)
+    use iso_c_binding
+    implicit none
+
+        type(c_ptr), intent(in)::cstr
+        character(len=*), intent(out)::fstr
+
+        character(kind=c_char), dimension(:), pointer::cstr_fpointer
+        integer::i, n
+
+        ! Clear the return string
+        fstr = " "
+
+        if(c_associated(cstr)) then
+
+            ! Obtain a Fortran pointer
+            call c_f_pointer(cstr, cstr_fpointer, (/ 1 /))
+
+            ! Calculate the max number of characters to copy
+            n = min(int(c_string_length(cstr), 4), len(fstr))
+
+            ! Copy...
+            do i = 1, n
+                fstr(i:i) = cstr_fpointer(i)
+            end do
+
+        end if
+
+    end subroutine populate_fortran_string
+
+    function allocate_and_populate_c_string(fstr) result(c_str_ptr)
+    use iso_c_binding
+    implicit none
+
+        type(c_ptr)::c_str_ptr
+        character(len=*), intent(in)::fstr
+
+        character(kind=c_char), dimension(:), pointer::cstr
+
+        integer::i, n
+
+        n = len_trim(fstr)
+        c_str_ptr = c_allocate(int(n+1, kind=c_size_t))
+        if(c_associated(c_str_ptr)) then
+            call c_f_pointer(c_str_ptr, cstr, (/ 1 /))
+
+            cstr = c_null_char
+            do i=1, n
+                cstr(i) = fstr(i:i)
+            end do
+
+        end if
+
+    end function allocate_and_populate_c_string
+
+end module clp_interface_utils