diff --git a/Startcode/input.c b/Startcode/input.c
index ed77805..ec40672 100644
--- a/Startcode/input.c
+++ b/Startcode/input.c
@@ -8,5 +8,25 @@
 // Read words from file and store in 'words' array
 int readWords(FILE *file, char words[][MAX_WORD_LEN], unsigned int maxWordCount)
 {
+    if (file == NULL) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+char line[MAX_LINE_LEN];
+unsigned int count = 0;
 
+while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) != NULL && count < maxWordCount) {
+    char *token = strtok(line, " ,;\n\r\t");
+    while (token != NULL & count < maxWordCount) {
+        if (strlen(token) > 0) {
+            strncpy(words[count], token, MAX_WORD_LEN - 1);
+            words[count][MAX_WORD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+            for (int i= 0; words[count][i] != '\0'; i++) {
+                words[count][i] = toupper((unsigned char)words[count][i]);
+            }
+            count++;
+        }
+    token = strtok(NULL, " ,;\n\r\t");
+    }
+}
+return count;
 }
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