char **get_words(FILE *fp, int *nwords, char **orig_line)
{
	#define BIG_STRING 4096

	static char str[BIG_STRING];
	static char str_copy[BIG_STRING];
	char **words;
	int max_words = 10;
	int num_words = 0;
	char *ptr,*ptr2;
	char *result;
	fpos_t pos; //keep track of file pointer
	int nbytes;
	int nonUNIX;
	nonUNIX=0;
	nbytes=0;
	fgetpos(fp, &pos);

	words = (char **) myalloc (sizeof (char *) * max_words);

	/* read in a line */
	 result = fgets (str, BIG_STRING, fp);
	if (result == NULL) {
	*nwords = 0;
	*orig_line = NULL;
	return (NULL);
	}

	/* convert line-feed and tabs into spaces */
	/* (this guarentees that there will be a space before the */
	/*  null character at the end of the string) */

	str[BIG_STRING-2] = ' ';
	str[BIG_STRING-1] = '\0';

	for (ptr = str, ptr2 = str_copy; *ptr != '\0'; ptr++, ptr2++) {
		*ptr2 = *ptr;
		nbytes++;
		if (*ptr == '\t') {
			*ptr = ' ';
			*ptr2 = ' ';
		}
		else if (*ptr == '\n') {
			*ptr = ' '; //has to have a space, to be caught later when grouping words

			*ptr2 = '\0';
			break;
		}
		else if (*ptr == '\r')
		{	  //MAC line break
			nonUNIX=1;
			if(*(ptr+1)=='\n')		  //actuall PC line break
			{
				nbytes++;
			}

			*ptr = ' ';

			*(ptr+1) = '\0';	//when reading mac, best end string here
			*ptr2 = '\0'; 		//note a pc \r is followed by \n

			break;
		}
	}

  /* find the words in the line */

  ptr = str;
  while (*ptr != '\0') {

    /* jump over leading spaces */
    while (*ptr == ' ')
      ptr++;

    /* break if we reach the end */
    if (*ptr == '\0')
      break;

    /* save pointer to beginning of word */
    if (num_words >= max_words) {
      max_words += 10;
      words = (char **) realloc (words, sizeof (char *) * max_words);
    }
    words[num_words++] = ptr;

    /* jump over non-spaces */
    while (*ptr != ' ')
      ptr++;

    /* place a null character here to mark the end of the word */
    *ptr++ = '\0';
  }

  /* return the list of words */
  *nwords = num_words;
  *orig_line = str_copy;
  return (words);
}