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your readrecords function reads in the same amount of letters for each word, but they are different lengths


AE N AH M AH L

is longer than

A N I M A L

but you read in WORD_LEN...

i'm using a windows XP.

Here's my code, but most of it is extraneous to my question. I am concerned with the section highlighted in red.
Edit : i realize that red is an eyesore, but so are all...