int linkedlistReponseAsBuffer(linkedlistelement * firstelement, char ** buffer, FILE * log) {

        int numberofelements = 0;
        int currentelement = 0;
        int openingfound = 0;
        int i = 0;
        int j = 0;
        char * localbuffer = NULL;
        linkedlistelement * localelement = firstelement;

        while ( localelement != NULL ) {

                numberofelements++;

                /* DEBUG FILE */
                fprintf(log, "Scanning for number of elements: %s\n", localelement->data);
                /* DEBUG FILE */

                localelement = localelement->next;
        }

        /* DEBUG FILE */
        fprintf(log, "Number of elements found: %i\n", numberofelements);
        fflush(log);
        /* DEBUG FILE */

        localelement = firstelement;
        localbuffer = new char[(numberofelements*sizeof(localelement->data))];

        /* DEBUG FILE */
        fprintf(log, "Created the new local buffer successfully.\n");
        fflush(log);
        /* DEBUG FILE */


        while ( localelement != NULL ) {

                for (i = 0; (unsigned)i < strlen(localelement->data) ; i++) {

                        if ( (openingfound == 0) && (localelement->data[i] == '(') ) {

                                openingfound = i;

                                /* DEBUG FILE */
                                fprintf(log, "Opening found at position: %i.\n", openingfound);
                                fflush(log);
                                /* DEBUG FILE */

                                continue;
                        }

                        if ( (openingfound != 0) && (localelement->data[i] == ')') ) {

                                i = strlen(localelement->data);

                                /* DEBUG FILE */
                                fprintf(log, "End found at position %i of element %i.\n", i, currentelement);
                                fflush(log);
                                /* DEBUG FILE */

                                localelement = NULL;

                                continue;

                        }

                        if ( (openingfound != 0) && (currentelement == 0)) {

                                localbuffer[i-(openingfound+1)] = localelement->data[i];

                                /* DEBUG FILE */
                                fprintf(log, "Copying data %c at %i -> Position %i, data written %c\n", localelement->data[i], i, (i-(openingfound+1)), local$
                                fflush(log);
                                /* DEBUG FILE */

                                continue;
                        }


                        if ( (openingfound != 0) && (currentelement != 0)) {

                                localbuffer[j+i] = localelement->data[i];

                                /* DEBUG FILE */
                                fprintf(log, "*Copying data %c at %i -> Position %i, data written %c\n", localelement->data[i], i, (j+i), localbuffer[j+i]);
                                fflush(log);
                                /* DEBUG FILE */

                                continue;
                        }

                }

                j = i-(openingfound+1);
                currentelement++;
                localelement = localelement->next;

        }

        /* DEBUG FILE */
        fprintf(log, "The new local buffer data: %s.\n", localbuffer);
        fflush(log);
        /* DEBUG FILE */

        delete[] localbuffer;
        return 0;
}