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+/**************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: Compare the action of gets and fgets reading data from STDIN.
+ * Author:  M J Leslie
+ * Date:    22-Apr-95
+ *
+ *************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+main()
+{
+  char buff[80];			/* Input buffer.		*/
+
+					/* Get data from the keyboard.	*/
+  printf("\nplease enter text => ");
+
+  gets(buff);
+  
+  printf("\nlength is %d #%s#\n", strlen(buff), buff);
+
+					/* Get data from the keyboard.	*/
+  printf("\nplease enter text => ");
+
+  fgets(buff, sizeof(buff), stdin);
+  
+  printf("\nlength is %d #%s#\n\n",strlen(buff),  buff);
+}
+
+/*************************************************************************
+ * 
+ *  Example program run.
+ *  --------------------
+ * 
+ * please enter text => abcd
+ * 
+ * length is 4 #abcd# 
+ * 
+ * please enter text => abcd
+ * 
+ * length is 5 #abcd
+ * #
+ *
+ *************************************************************************/
+
+