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#include <stdio.h>
#define MAXLINE 1000    /* maximum input line size */

int getln(char line[], int maxline);
void copy(char to[], char from[]);

/* print longest input line */
int main()
{
	int len;	/* current line length */
	int max;	/* maximum length seen so far */
	char line[MAXLINE];	/* current input line */
	char longest[MAXLINE];	/* longest line saved here */

	max = 0;
	while ((len = getln(line, MAXLINE)) > 0)
		if (len > max) {
			max = len;
			copy(longest, line);
		}
	if (max > 0)	/* there was a line */
		printf("%d %s", max, longest);
	return 0;
}

/* getln:  read a line into s, return length */
int getln(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;
}