/* Example: Longest line Source: K&R2, p 29 (see also better version on p.61) */ #include #define MAXLINE 1000 /* maximun input line size */ int getline(char line[], int maxline); void copy(char to[], char from[]); /* print longest input line */ main() { int len; /* current line length */ int max; /* maximum length seen so far */ char line[MAXLINE]; /* current input line */ char longest [MAXLINE]; /*longest line saved here */ max = 0; while ((len = getline(line, MAXLINE)) > 0) if (len > max) { max = len; copy(longest, line); } if (max > 0) /* there was a line */ printf("%s", longest); return 0; } /* getline: read a line into s, return length */ int getline(char s[], int lim) { int c, i; for (i = 0; i < lim-1 &&(c=getchar())!= EOF && c != '\n'; ++i) s[i] = c; if (c == '\n') { s[i] = c; ++i; } s[i] = '\0'; return i; } /* copy: copy 'from' into 'to'; assume to is big enough */ void copy(char to[], char from[]) { int i = 0; while((to[i] = from [i]) != '\0') ++i; }