#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/* practice file for learning to program in C */

int getLine(char line[], int max);

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    char line[256];

    while(getline(line, 256) != EOF)
    	printf("you typed \"%s\"\n", line);

    return 0;
}



// function for reading one line of input at a time
int getLine(char line[], int max)
{
    int nch = 0;
    int c;
    max = max - 1;    /* leaves room for '\0' */

    while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) {
        if (c == '\n')
            break;
        if (nch < max) {
            line[nch] = c;
            nch++;
        }
    }
    if (c == EOF && nch == 0)
        return EOF;

    line[nch] = '\0';
    return nch;
}