Good Stopping point for CS480 Prep

++ Phases 1-6 Preparation
++ C, H, Makefiles

Preparation/Phase5/StringUtils.c

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+// header files
+#include "StringUtils.h"
+
+// function implementations
+
+/*
+Name: getStringLength
+Process: gets length of string from start to NULL_CHAR ('\0')
+Function input/parameters: c-style string (char *)
+Function output/parameters: NONE
+Function output/returned: length of string (int)
+Device input/---: NONE
+Device output/---: NONE
+Dependencies: included by standard libraries
+*/
+int getStringLength(const char *stringIn)
+{
+    // define variables
+    int stringLength = 0, currentCharacter = 0;
+    // get user input (not needed)
+    // do calculations
+    while (currentCharacter < STD_STR_LEN && stringIn[currentCharacter] != NULL_CHAR)
+    {
+        // increment string length
+        stringLength = stringLength + 1;
+        // increment currentCharacter
+        currentCharacter = currentCharacter + 1;
+    }
+    // display results (not needed)
+    // return success
+    return stringLength;
+}