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+#ifndef DECODE_H
+#define DECODE_H
+
+//stripNewlines: Takes a pointer to a null terminated string and the size of the string, removes the newlines and returns the new size.
+int stripNewlines(char *string, int size)
+{
+int a,s;//loop variables
+	for (a=0; a<size; ++a)//loop until the entirely of the string has been gone over
+	{
+		if (string[a] == '\n')
+        		{
+			for (s=a;s<size;++s){string[s]=string[s+1];}//shift all characters above newline left 1, overwriting it
+        		--size;//deincrement size since a character was removed
+        		--a;//the next char may be a newline, so deincrement a to check it
+			}
+	}
+return size;
+}
+
+#endif