/* menu.c */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <menu.h>


/*----------------------------------------------------------
  showMenu()
  ----------------------------------------------------------*/
char showMenu( char *item,char *items ) {
  char *choice = (char *)malloc( 3*sizeof( char ));
  printf( "\n" );
  printf( "A(dd) %s\n",item );
  printf( "E(dit) %s\n",item );
  printf( "D(elete) %s\n",item );
  printf( "L(ist) %s\n",items );
  printf( "Q(uit)\n" );
  printf( "enter choice --> " );
  choice = fgets( choice,3,stdin );
  fflush( stdin );
  return( tolower( choice[0] ));
} /* end of menu() */


/*----------------------------------------------------------
  strip()

  this function strips non-printable characters from the
  front and back of the argument string. it returns a pointer
  to the stripped string, terminated by '\0'.
  ----------------------------------------------------------*/
char *strip( char *s ) {
  char *p = s;
  while ( s[0] <= 32 ) {
    s++;
  }
  p = s;
  while ( p[0] >= 32 ) {
    p++;
  }
  *p = '\0';
  return s;
} /* end of strip() */