3 files changed, 34 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/charf.c b/charf.c
index 6e91b9d..266ed5a 100644
--- a/charf.c
+++ b/charf.c
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 //for multithreading
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-//for reading from stdin
-#include <string.h>
+//getLine
+#include "misc.h"
 
 #define DOUBLEMODE 0
 #define DOUBLEERRORMODE 1
@@ -260,34 +260,6 @@ void* compute_chunk(void* arguments){
 	}	
 }
 
-#define OK       0
-#define NO_INPUT 1
-#define TOO_LONG 2
-static int getLine (char *prmpt, char *buff, size_t sz) {
-    int ch, extra;
-
-    // Get line with buffer overrun protection.
-    if (prmpt != NULL) {
-        printf ("%s", prmpt);
-        fflush (stdout);
-    }
-    if (fgets (buff, sz, stdin) == NULL)
-        return NO_INPUT;
-
-    // If it was too long, there'll be no newline. In that case, we flush
-    // to end of line so that excess doesn't affect the next call.
-    if (buff[strlen(buff)-1] != '\n') {
-        extra = 0;
-        while (((ch = getchar()) != '\n') && (ch != EOF))
-            extra = 1;
-        return (extra == 1) ? TOO_LONG : OK;
-    }
-
-    // Otherwise remove newline and give string back to caller.
-    buff[strlen(buff)-1] = '\0';
-    return OK;
-}
-
 int main() {
 	pthread_t threads[NUM_THREADS];
 	Args args[NUM_THREADS];
diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9de0044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//for reading from stdin
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define OK       0
+#define NO_INPUT 1
+#define TOO_LONG 2
+
+static int getLine (char *prmpt, char *buff, size_t sz) {
+    int ch, extra;
+
+    // Get line with buffer overrun protection.
+    if (prmpt != NULL) {
+        printf ("%s", prmpt);
+        fflush (stdout);
+    }
+    if (fgets (buff, sz, stdin) == NULL)
+        return NO_INPUT;
+
+    // If it was too long, there'll be no newline. In that case, we flush
+    // to end of line so that excess doesn't affect the next call.
+    if (buff[strlen(buff)-1] != '\n') {
+        extra = 0;
+        while (((ch = getchar()) != '\n') && (ch != EOF))
+            extra = 1;
+        return (extra == 1) ? TOO_LONG : OK;
+    }
+
+    // Otherwise remove newline and give string back to caller.
+    buff[strlen(buff)-1] = '\0';
+    return OK;
+}
diff --git a/misc.h b/misc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..627136f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+static int getLine (char *prmpt, char *buff, size_t sz);