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diff --git a/ch1/1-16_longest-line.c b/ch1/1-16_longest-line.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define MAXLENGTH 100
+
+int get_line(char s[], int lim) {
+	/* Put as much as possible into a temp string, and count its length */
+	int c, i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < lim && (c = getchar()) != EOF && c != '\n'; ++i) {
+		s[i] = c;
+	}
+	if (c == '\n') {
+		s[i] = c;
+		++i;
+	}
+	s[i] = '\0';
+	return i;
+}
+
+void copy(char from[], char to[]) {
+	int i = 0;
+
+	while ((to[i] = from[i]) != '\0') {
+		++i;
+	}
+}
+
+int main() {
+	int len, max;
+
+	char line[MAXLENGTH];
+	char longest[MAXLENGTH];
+
+	max = 0;
+	while ((len = get_line(line, MAXLENGTH)) > 0) {
+		if (len > max) {
+			max = len;
+			copy(line, longest);
+		}
+	}
+
+	printf("\nThe longest line is %3d characters long.\n", max);
+	printf("----------------------------------------\n");
+	if (max > 0) {
+		printf("%-s", longest);
+		if (max == MAXLENGTH && longest[max - 1] != '\n') {
+			printf("\n");
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}