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/*
*
* Exercise 1-20. Write a program detab that replaces the tabs in the input with the
* proper number of blanks to space to the next tab stop. Assume a fixed set of tab
* stops, say every n columns. Should n be a variable or a symbolic parameter?
*
* Author: Kun Deng
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#define TAB_REPRESENTER 2 // Represents how many spaces a tab would equal
#define LINE_MAX_LIMIT 1000
char line[LINE_MAX_LIMIT];
int line_length;
int get_line(void);
void replace_tabs(void);
int main()
{
extern int line_length;
printf("Enter a sequence of characters\n");
printf("Any tabs will be replaced with %d white space characters\n", LINE_MAX_LIMIT);
while (line_length = get_line())
{
printf("before: %s\n", line);
replace_tabs();
printf("after: %s\n", line);
}
return 0;
}
int get_line(void)
{
extern char line[];
int i = 0;
int c;
for (; (c = getchar()) != EOF && c != '\n'; ++i)
{
line[i] = c;
}
line[i] = '\0';
return i;
}
void replace_tabs(void)
{
extern char line[];
extern int line_length;
for (int i = 0; i != line_length; ++i)
{
char some_char = line[i];
if (some_char == '\t')
{
int new_line_length = line_length + TAB_REPRESENTER;
line[new_line_length] = '\0';
for (int j = (line_length - 1); j > i; --j)
{
line[j + TAB_REPRESENTER] = line[j];
}
for (int k = i; k < (i + TAB_REPRESENTER); ++k)
{
line[k] = ' ';
}
line_length = new_line_length;
line[i + TAB_REPRESENTER] = 127;
}
}
}