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

#define BUFFER_SIZE 101

int main() {
    char a[101];
    // points to nowhere - needs initialization
    char *b;
    char c[BUFFER_SIZE];
    int size;

    printf("\nEnter the string: ");
    // // Using %100 to avoid buffer overflow  scanf(" %[^\n]", name);
    // scanf("%100s", a);
    gets(a);
    size = strlen(a);
    printf("\nEntered string is: %s", a);
    printf("\nThe length is %d", size);

    // initializing b
    b=(char*)malloc(101*sizeof(char));
    printf("\nEnter another string: ");
    // scanf("%100s", b);
    gets(b);
    printf("\nEntered string is: %s", b);
    free(b);

    printf("\nEnter the string with spaces e.g. Pulp Fiction: ");
    // fgets reads strings up to a maximum size, without stopping at whitespace
    // fgets does not work after scanf but works after gets
    fgets(c, BUFFER_SIZE, stdin);
    size = strlen(c);
    printf("\nEntered string is: %s", c);
    printf("\nThe length is %d", size);
}