function nout = sltpda_reduceVarName(nin)

% SLTPDA_REDUCEVARNAME reduces a variable name to a sensible length. The
% output name is algorithmically based on the input name and so we should
% get unique variable names in the sLTPDA parser.
% 
% M Hewitson 01-05-07
% 
% $Id: sltpda_reduceVarName.m,v 1.1 2007/05/01 08:29:22 hewitson Exp $
% 

if length(nin) > 20e6
  nout = [nin(1:10)   '_' num2str(length(nin)) '_' nin(end-10:end)];
else
  nout = nin;
end

% END