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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+typedef struct TodoItem {
+ char* name;
+ char* description;
+ char* due;
+ char** items;
+} TodoItem;
+
+void parse(FILE* file, int* length);
+
+
+static char task_md[] = "###";
+
+int
+main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+ FILE* input_file;
+ int todo_length;
+
+ input_file = fopen("test_board.md", "r");
+ if (!input_file) {
+ printf("Something went wrong opening file");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ parse(input_file, &todo_length);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* TodoItem** */
+void
+parse(FILE* file, int* length)
+{
+ TodoItem** out_arr;
+ int out_len;
+ char* lineptr;
+ size_t len;
+ ssize_t nread;
+
+ out_arr = NULL;
+ out_len = 0;
+ lineptr = NULL;
+ len = 0;
+
+ while ((nread = getline(&lineptr, &len, file)) != -1) {
+
+ lineptr[strcspn(lineptr, "\n")] = 0; // remove newline
+
+ if (strcmp(lineptr, "") == 0) {
+ printf("found empty line\n");
+ lineptr = NULL;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ // found a task
+ if (strlen(lineptr) > 3 && strncmp(lineptr, task_md, 3) == 0) {
+ printf("found_task\n");
+ lineptr = NULL;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+
+
+
+ /* out_arr = realloc(out_arr, (sizeof(char*))*out_len); // bad to keep resizing? */
+
+ /* out_arr[out_len-1] = lineptr; */
+
+ lineptr = NULL;
+ }
+
+ *length = out_len;
+ /* return out_arr; */
+}