gistfile1.h

void ScanLine ( char* pointer, unsigned long maxlen )
{
#ifdef USE_FGETS
	fgets(pointer, maxlen, stdin);
	CleanString(pointer, pointer);
#else
	char ch;
	unsigned long len = 0;
	maxlen--; // adjust for space so we can fit a \n in there
	while (scanf("%c", &ch) && ch != '\n')
	{
		if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z')
			*pointer++ = ch;
		else if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z')
			*pointer++ = (ch - 'A' + 'a');
		len++;
		if (len == maxlen)
			break;
	}
	*pointer = '\0';
#endif
}