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diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main() {
+	char *text, c;
+	int i = 0;
+	// this returns as a pointer
+	text = (char*) malloc(1 * sizeof(char));
+
+	printf("%p\n", text);
+
+	// the size function will print out 8 bytes as it is 
+	// calculating the size of the pointer, not the actual
+	// value itself. to do that, you gotta dereference it first
+	size_t size = sizeof(*text);
+	printf("%d\n", *text);
+	
+	printf("Size in bytes: %d bytes\n", (int)size);
+	
+	while(c = getc(stdin), c != '\n') {
+		text[i] = c;
+		i++;
+
+		printf("===========================================\n");		
+		printf("Num of characters: %d\n", i);
+		printf("Current char: %c\n", text[i]);
+		printf("Address of current char: %p\n", &text[i]);
+		printf("===========================================\n\n");
+		char* deez = realloc(text, i * sizeof(char));
+		//printf("%s", deez);
+	}
+	
+	printf("The Text: %s\n\n", text);
+
+	// size_t size = sizeof(*text);
+	// printf("Size in bytes: %d bytes\n", (int)size);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/temp-input.c b/temp-input.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define LOWER 0
+#define STEP 20
+#define END 200
+
+int main() {
+	float fahr, celsius;
+	
+	printf("Fahrenheit\tCelsius\n");
+	for(fahr = LOWER; fahr <= END; fahr += STEP) {
+		celsius = (5.0/9.0) * (fahr - 32.0);
+		printf("%3.1f\t\t%3.1f\n", fahr, celsius);
+	}
+}
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+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define LOWER 0
+#define STEP 20
+#define END 200
+
+int main() {
+	float fahr, celsius;
+	
+	printf("Fahrenheit\tCelsius\n");
+	for(fahr = LOWER; fahr <= END; fahr += STEP) {
+		celsius = (5.0/9.0) * (fahr - 32.0);
+		printf("%3.1f\t\t%3.1f\n", fahr, celsius);
+	}
+}
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+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main() {
+
+	// declaring and defining the 14 digit numbers
+	int digits[] = {3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 6, 8, 3, 1, 5, 1, 5, 6, 5};
+
+	// declaring the variable for the total of the first, third, fifth elements and so on...
+	int sum_odd;
+
+	printf("=====================================\n");
+	printf("First set of digits\n");
+	printf("=====================================\n");
+	// loop through the first, third, fifth element and so on
+	for(size_t i = 0; i < (sizeof(digits) / sizeof(digits[0])); i += 2) {
+		// multiplying the value of each element by 2
+		digits[i] = digits[i] * 2; 
+		printf("Element %d: %d\n", ((int)i + 1), digits[i]);	
+
+		// adding the value of the current element to the old sum_even value
+		sum_odd += digits[i];
+	}
+
+	// declaring the variable for second, forth, sixth elements and so on...
+	int sum_even;
+
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("=====================================\n");
+	printf("Second set of digits\n");
+	printf("=====================================\n");
+	// loop through the second, forth, sixth digits and so on
+	for(size_t j = 1; j < (sizeof(digits) / sizeof(digits[0])); j += 2) {
+		// multiplying the value of each element by 2
+		digits[j] = digits[j] * 2; 
+		printf("Element %d: %d\n", ((int)j + 1), digits[j]);	
+
+		// adding the value of the current element to the old sum_even value
+		sum_even += digits[j];
+	}
+
+	// add the sum of sum_odd and sum_even together
+	int total = sum_odd + sum_even;
+	// print out the value
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("=====================================\n");
+	printf("Total: %d\n", total);
+	printf("=====================================\n");
+	
+	return 0;
+}