#include <stdio.h>

void my_gets(char [], int);

void main(void)
{
  char strng[10];

  printf("\nEnter a string no more than 9 characters in length ");
  my_gets(strng, 10);
  printf("\nin main %s\n",strng);
}

void my_gets(char array[], int max_char)
{
  int i = 0, iochar;

  do
  {
    iochar = getchar();
    if (iochar != '\n')
    {
      array[i] = iochar;
      i++;
    }
  }
  while ((iochar != '\n') && (i < max_char - 1));
  array[i] = '\0';
  if (iochar != '\n')
  {
     iochar = getchar();
     if (iochar != '\n')
     {
        printf("\nTruncating to %s:", array);
        while ((iochar = getchar()) != '\n');
     }
  }
}