/* s_gets.c -- prints characters in rows and columns */


#include <stdio.h>
#include <strings.h>
#define SIZE 3

char * s_gets(char *st, int n);


int main(void)

{
   char flower[SIZE];
   if (s_gets(flower, SIZE)) {
     puts(flower);
   } else {
     puts("end of file encouted");
   }

    return 0;

}


char * s_gets(char *st, int n)
{
    char * ret_val;
    char * find;

    ret_val = fgets(st, n, stdin);
    if (ret_val)
    {
        find = strchr(st, '\n');
        if (find)
            *find = '\0';
        else
            while (getchar() != '\n')
                continue;
    }

    return ret_val;
}