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+CFLAGS= -Wall -fpic -coverage -lm -std=c99
+
+testme:
+	-gcc -o testme -g testme.c $(CFLAGS)
+	-testme >> testresults.out
+	-gcov testme.c -b -f >> testresults.out 
+clean:
+	-rm -f testme *.gcov *.gcda *.gcno *.o
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+#include<stdio.h>
+#include<string.h>
+#include<stdlib.h>
+#include<time.h>
+
+char inputChar()
+{
+    // TODO: rewrite this function
+    int randInt = (rand() % 95) + 32;
+    char randChar = (char) randInt;
+    return randChar;
+}
+
+char *inputString()
+{
+    // TODO: rewrite this function
+    char randString[6];
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+    	randString[i] = (rand() % 16) + 101;
+    }
+    randString[5]='\0';
+    char *inString = randString;
+    return inString;
+}
+
+void testme()
+{
+  int tcCount = 0;
+  char *s;
+  char c;
+  int state = 0;
+  while (1)
+  {
+    tcCount++;
+    c = inputChar();
+    s = inputString();
+    printf("Iteration %d: c = %c, s = %s, state = %d\n", tcCount, c, s, state);
+
+    if (c == '[' && state == 0) state = 1;
+    if (c == '(' && state == 1) state = 2;
+    if (c == '{' && state == 2) state = 3;
+    if (c == ' '&& state == 3) state = 4;
+    if (c == 'a' && state == 4) state = 5;
+    if (c == 'x' && state == 5) state = 6;
+    if (c == '}' && state == 6) state = 7;
+    if (c == ')' && state == 7) state = 8;
+    if (c == ']' && state == 8) state = 9;
+    if (s[0] == 'r' && s[1] == 'e'
+       && s[2] == 's' && s[3] == 'e'
+       && s[4] == 't' && s[5] == '\0'
+       && state == 9)
+    {
+      printf("error ");
+      exit(200);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    srand(time(NULL));
+    testme();
+    return 0;
+}