grtline.c

#include <stdio.h>
#define MAXLINE 1000 

// getline : read a line into s , return length of the line 

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;
	i = 0 ;
	while ( (to[i] = from[i] ) != '\0' )
		i++;
}


int main ()
{

	int len ;       //current line lenght
	int max ;       //max length seen so far
	char line[MAXLINE];   //current input line
	char longest[MAXLINE]; //logest line saved here

	max = 0;

	while ((len = _getline(line , MAXLINE)) > 0)
		if (len > max){
			max = len ;
			copy (longest, line);
		}
	if(max > 0)  
		printf("the longest line==>%s",longest);

	return 0;
}