#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#define BUFFER_LEN 248


int len;
unsigned int length_one = 1;
int main(void)
{
    char index[BUFFER_LEN];

    while(strcmp(fgets(index, BUFFER_LEN, stdin), "quit\n") != 1)
    {
                       
                              length(index);
                              printf("You are in the loop\n");
                              printf("The length of the input is: %d", len);
    };
    return 0;
}
                              
int length(x)
{
    int *point;
    *point = length_one;
    return len = strlen(x+point);
}