diff --git a/scy.c b/scy.c
index 6f98070..499779c 100644
--- a/scy.c
+++ b/scy.c
@@ -31,32 +31,75 @@ int positionOfCharInWord(char string[], char searchChar, int position) {
     return -1;
 }
 
-//Stage 1
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+const int cipherChar = 17424;
+const int maxWords = 20;
+const int maxWordSize = 25;
+//const int 
+//void readIn(file);
+
+int positionOfCharInWord(char string[], char searchChar, int position) {
+    int index = position;
+    while (string[index] != '\0') {
+	if (string[index] == searchChar) {
+	    return index;
+	}
+	index++;
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
 
+
+int convertTo2DArray(FILE* keys, char keyArray[maxWords][maxWordSize]) {
+    char c = '-';
+    int words = 0;
+    int j = 0;
+    while (fscanf(keys, "%c", &c) != EOF) {
+	if (c == ' ') {
+	    keyArray[words][j] = '\0';
+	    ++words;
+	    j = 0;
+	}
+	else {
+	    keyArray[words][j] = c;
+	    ++j;
+	}
+    }
+    return words + 1;
+}
+
+/*
+int length(FILE* keys) {
+    int count = 0;
+    while (!feof(keys)) {
+    ++
+	    }
+*/
+
+//Stage 1
 void printWords(FILE* keys) {
-	int i = 0;
-	char c = '-';
-	while (fscanf(keys, "%c", &c) != EOF) {
-		if (c == ' '){
-			printf("\n");
-			}
-		if ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z'))
-		{
-			printf("%c", c);
-		}
-		else {
-			continue;
-			}
-		}
+    int i = 0;
+    char c = '-';
+    while (!feof(keys)) {
+	fscanf(keys, "%c", &c);
+	if (c == ' ') {
+	    printf("\n");
+	}
+	else {
+	    printf("%c", c);
+	}
+    }
 }
 
 //Stage 2
-//DO NOT USE 17424 in a for loop for this function. Otherwise, it will print characters past '\0'. 
-void readCipher(FILE* cipher, char cipherText[characters]) {
+int readCipher(FILE* cipher, char cipherText[cipherChar]) {
     int i = 0;
     int j = 0;
     char c = '-';
     while (!feof(cipher)) {
+	//if error shows up, might want to check here.
 	fscanf(cipher, "%c", &c);
 	cipherText[i] = c;
 	++i;
@@ -69,13 +112,12 @@ void readCipher(FILE* cipher, char cipherText[characters]) {
 }
 
 //Stage 3
-void promptUser(char cipherText[characters]) {
-    int number = 0;
+void promptUser(char cipherText[cipherChar], int* number) {
     int i = 0;
     printf("Please enter a number (1..132): \n");
-    scanf("%d", &number);
+    scanf("%d", number);
     while (cipherText[i] != '\0') {
-	if ((i % number == 0) ) {
+	if ((i % *number == 0) ) {
 	    printf("\n");
 	    printf("%c", cipherText[i]);
 	    ++i;
@@ -85,41 +127,150 @@ void promptUser(char cipherText[characters]) {
 	    ++i;
 	}
     }
+
+//#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+const int cipherChar = 17424;
+const int maxWords = 20;
+const int maxWordSize = 25;
+//const int 
+//void readIn(file);
+
+int positionOfCharInWord(char string[], char searchChar, int position) {
+    int index = position;
+    while (string[index] != '\0') {
+	if (string[index] == searchChar) {
+	    return index;
+	}
+	index++;
+    }
+    return -1;
 }
 
 
-int main(void) {
-	char keyText[characters];
-	FILE* keys = NULL;
-	keys = fopen("keys.txt", "r");
-	if (keys == NULL) {
-		printf("Could not open file keys.txt\n");
-		exit(-1);
+int convertTo2DArray(FILE* keys, char keyArray[maxWords][maxWordSize]) {
+    char c = '-';
+    int words = 0;
+    int j = 0;
+    while (fscanf(keys, "%c", &c) != EOF) {
+	if (c == ' ') {
+	    keyArray[words][j] = '\0';
+	    ++words;
+	    j = 0;
+	}
+	else {
+	    keyArray[words][j] = c;
+	    ++j;
 	}
+    }
+    return words + 1;
+}
 
-	char cipherText[characters];
-	FILE* cipher = NULL;
-	cipher = fopen("cipher.txt", "r");
-	if (cipher == NULL) {
-		printf("Could not open file cipher.txt\n");
-		exit(-1);
+/*
+int length(FILE* keys) {
+    int count = 0;
+    while (!feof(keys)) {
+    ++
+	    }
+*/
+
+//Stage 1
+void printWords(FILE* keys) {
+    int i = 0;
+    char c = '-';
+    while (!feof(keys)) {
+	fscanf(keys, "%c", &c);
+	if (c == ' ') {
+	    printf("\n");
+	}
+	else {
+	    printf("%c", c);
 	}
+    }
+}
+
+//Stage 2
+int readCipher(FILE* cipher, char cipherText[cipherChar]) {
+    int i = 0;
+    int j = 0;
+    char c = '-';
+    while (!feof(cipher)) {
+	//if error shows up, might want to check here.
+	fscanf(cipher, "%c", &c);
+	cipherText[i] = c;
+	++i;
+    }
+    cipherText[i] = '\0';
+    while (cipherText[j] != '\0') {
+	printf("%c", cipherText[j]);
+	++j;
+    }
+}
 
-	char cipherOriginal[characters];
-	FILE* cipherOrg = NULL;
-	cipherOrg = fopen("cipherOriginal.txt", "r");
-	if (cipherOrg == NULL) {
-		printf("Could not open file cipherOriginal.txt\n");
-		exit(-1);
+//Stage 3
+void promptUser(char cipherText[cipherChar], int* number) {
+    int i = 0;
+    printf("Please enter a number (1..132): \n");
+    scanf("%d", number);
+    while (cipherText[i] != '\0') {
+	if ((i % *number == 0) ) {
+	    printf("\n");
+	    printf("%c", cipherText[i]);
+	    ++i;
+	}
+	else {
+	    printf("%c", cipherText[i]);
+	    ++i;
 	}
+    }
+}
+
+//Stage 4
+/*
+void compareDiagonal(FILE* keys, char cipherText[cipherChar], int number) {
+    int i = 0;
+    char c = 
+    int index = 0;
+    while (index != -1) {
+	index = positionOfCharInWord(cipherText, ' ', index + 1);
+*/
 
-    printWords(keys);
-    readCipher(cipher, cipherText);
-    promptUser(cipherText);
-    fclose(keys);
-    fclose(cipher);
-	
-	int rey = 0;			//make useless variable to stop program form exiting console in visual studio
-	scanf("%d", &rey);		// same as above
 
+int main(void) {
+    //Creating keys file variable
+    FILE* keys = NULL;
+    keys = fopen("keys.txt", "r");
+    if (keys == NULL) {
+	printf("Could not open file keys.txt\n");
+	return -1;
+    }
+    //Creating cipher file variable
+    FILE* cipher = NULL;
+    cipher = fopen("cipher.txt", "r");
+    if (cipher == NULL) {
+	printf("Could not open file cipher.txt\n");
+	return -1;
+    }
+    char cipherText[cipherChar];
+    int number = 0;
+    int numWords = 0;
+    char keyArray[maxWords][maxWordSize];
+    numWords = convertTo2DArray(keys, keyArray);
+    /*
+    for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
+	printf("%s", keyArray[i]);
+	printf("\n");
+    }
+    */
+    //stage 1
+    //printWords(keys);
+    //stage 2
+    //readCipher(cipher, cipherText);
+    printf("numWords: %d", numWords);
+    fclose(cipher);
+    //stage 3
+    //promptUser(cipherText, &number);
+    fclose(keys);
+    
 }